Arguing that the bill signed by Gov. Jim Pillen last week instituting a 12-week abortion ban as well as restrictions on trans youth care violates the state Constitution on single-subject law, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging its legality.
Ron DeSantis begins his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday with a four-stop blitz through Iowa, trying to prioritize personally connecting with voters while proving he has the mettle to take on former President Donald Trump.
Arguing that the bill signed by Gov. Jim Pillen last week instituting a 12-week abortion ban as well as restrictions on trans youth care violates the state Constitution on single-subject law, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging its legality.
U.S. Congressman Mike Flood postponed the upcoming Lincoln town hall on May 30 at Lincoln North Star High School due to an expected vote on the debt ceiling limit.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday signed an education reform law which includes prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in schools for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Some have good things to say, others have traded in the excitement they felt last week when the state’s two-year budget was passed by lawmakers, for disappointments. It comes after a series of vetoes made by Governor Jim Pillen on Wednesday.
Gov. Jim Pillen said Wednesday that he’s authorized the immediate deployment of 10 Nebraska State Patrol troopers to the U.S. border in Texas to “help stop the influx of illegal immigration at our southern border.”
Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday passed LB753, known as the “school choice” or “school voucher” bill, but opponents are already planning to put the matter before voters.
The Nebraska state senator behind the filibuster that has spanned most of the legislative session said Tuesday that the signing of LB574 wasn’t the end of her fight for the LGBTQ community.
Nebraska officials, advocates, activists, and politicians made their stances known after the Legislature passed the session’s most contentious bill on Friday.
With 10 days remaining in the Unicameral session, Nebraska state senators will have their final round of debate on the bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors and its attached 12-week abortion ban.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana is hoping the third time is the charm as they once again filed for a ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in the state.
A letter sent from the U.S. Department of Labor to Democrats in the Iowa legislature shows that several aspects of the ‘child labor expansion bill’ may violate federal law if signed by the Governor.
After several hours of debate, Nebraska state senators voted Tuesday night to attach AM1658 to LB574 before bouncing the bill back to final-round voting.
With 14 days left in this session of the Nebraska Legislature, there’s disappointment among a group of state senators who have watched their bills to help the poorest of the poor go nowhere.