The clash between supporters and opponents of a petition drive to repeal Nebraska’s newly signed law that offers tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for private and faith-based schools was inevitable.
"Hamilton," the biggest performing arts event ever to come to Lincoln, will conclude its 16-show run at the Lied Center for Performing Arts this weekend.
Lincoln, it appears, probably already has its new police chief in Michon Morrow, who was appointed acting chief following last month’s resignation of Chief Teresa Ewins, who was hired in 2021 following a national search that brought her to Lincoln from San Francisco.
Lincoln Bold could end up a little less bold. Or maybe even bolder than planned.
The city of Lincoln could take some $14.8 million more in property taxes without raising its levy for the next fiscal year, a windfall that would result from the dramatic increases in property values after the recent reevaluation.
In 1954, the U.S. military built barracks in the then-far northwest corner of the city as part of the Lincoln Air Force Base. Twelve years later, the air base shut down and the barracks eventually became the Air Park Recreation Center.
In two weeks, cellphones will be kept off and out of sight during class as Lincoln Public Schools implements its new procedures on phone use that are aimed at curbing phone-created distractions and keeping students off social media during school hours.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers owes residents more of an explanation on his opposition to a federal rule protecting private information on out-of-state abortions.
Facts should reassure Nebraskans that the state’s elections have been and will be fair, free of fraud and represent the voters’ will.
Everyone gets sick. Doctor's appointments crop up. At some point or another, people need time to take care of themselves — or others — without having to sacrifice their paycheck.
A police chief on the job for just two years doesn't abruptly resign if all the trains are running on time. Lincoln's next chief must embrace transparency with new vigor, writes the Journal Star editorial board.
It’s going to be, to quote the great Yogi Berra, deja vu all over again for the Nebraska football team at Big 10 Media Days this week.
Lincoln has received more precipitation — 9.63 inches of rain — in the past six weeks than it had in the previous 10 months, enough moisture to lift Lancaster County out of extreme drought into severe drought.
When Pete Ricketts turned down millions in federal pandemic aid for Nebraska in 2022, the then-governor argued that the COVID-19 emergency was over and that accepting federal money for things like food assistance, unemployment benefits and rent aid would turn Nebraska into a welfare state.
It's more than nostalgia that creates unease as the Lincoln Police Department abandoned its century-old practice of daily police briefings with the media.
A ceremony in June recognizing some of the brightest young minds in Nebraska has once again reignited the debate about the state's so-called brain drain -- the exodus of young, educated Nebraskans to states and colleges near and far.
The friction is classic: Progress and societal good versus tradition and individual rights.
Spending to influence Nebraska lawmakers and shape state laws hit record levels again last year.
State Sen. Dave Murman has scheduled a July 31 hearing as part of an interim legislative study of controversial subjects -- like critical race theory -- in K-12 classrooms.
Lincoln Public Schools is planning its biggest property tax levy drop in more than 20 years, but Lincoln residents will likely see their property taxes go up under the proposed 2023-2024 budget now being considered by the Board of Education.
The Lincoln City Council and city officials are attempting to thread a controversial needle as they consider a proposed ordinance to regulate collaborative sober-living homes for people in recovery.
Nebraska will receive $405.3 million in federal funds to extend broadband internet to areas where it’s not available or too slow.
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LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
Selling beer at Memorial Stadium during Volleyball Day in August, transferring oversight of Husker Athletics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor to university system President Ted Carter and hiring Rodney Bennett as UNL chancellor grabbed the headlines when the Board of Regent…
LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
Lincolnites were so stunned by the increase in this year’s property value assessments that a concerned citizen created a free website to help neighbors protest their valuations.
Nebraska’s tax revenues continue to drop, falling below the optimistic projections for the economic future that were used to craft the state’s budget, which anticipated a spending increase.