Gov. Pete Ricketts holds a news conference Monday about the state's fight against coronavirus.

Gov. Pete Ricketts and 21 other governors say the new stimulus bill, which would allocate aid based on a state’s unemployed population rather than its total population, penalizes some states. 

Gov. Pete Ricketts holds a news conference Wednesday about the state's fight against coronavirus.

Ten percent of the vaccine available for the 50-to-64 age group will be reserved for younger Nebraskans at high risk, an HHS official said.

Gun rights advocates turned out in force to testify in favor of a bill that they said will clarify a person's right to defend themselves from assailants who enter their home, workplace or vehicle.

Legislative Bill 590, which Sen. Mike Groene presented at its Unicameral public hearing Thursday, would cut the period when early ballots can be sent out from 35 to 20 days before an election.

It's time to go big, says Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, chairwoman of the Legislature's Revenue Committee, even though "big is hard."

Gov. Pete Ricketts said all vaccination registrations and appointments will be migrated to the state's vaccine website over the next few weeks.

An attorney for Nebraska Appleseed called the state's two-tier system unlawful because it created "barriers and burdens" for enrollees, violating the Medicaid expansion law passed by voters in 2018.

Opponents targeted a bill Tuesday that would allow installment lenders in Nebraska to increase their interest rates to 29% a year.