Cassie Crowe

Nebraska lawmakers have passed the session’s most contentious bill.

The four men facing federal charges after two indictments were unsealed last week made their initial appearances in a Lincoln court on Monday afternoon and were back in jail that night.

The vice president of the Omaha City Council, two retired city police officers, and a man hired to raise funds for a nonprofit supporting Latino peace officers were arrested Friday to face 41 charges relating to misuse of funds for that organization.

Councilman Vinny Palermo, two former Omaha Police officers, and a local fundraiser were arrested Friday after two federal indictments were unsealed alleging wire fraud and various financial schemes.

A controversial bill is causing the Nebraska Legislature to consider changes.

A day after Nebraska lawmakers voted to advance a ban on gender-affirming care for youth, senators were expressing their frustration with filibusters as they looked ahead to next week’s first full day of floor debate.

Nebraska lawmakers on Thursday voted to advance LB574, which would ban gender-affirming care for youth.

Debate is finally underway on LB574, the bill that brought the Nebraska Legislature to a halt for weeks.