Tag: Nebraska

In this June 8, 2018 photo, volunteer Kait Madson, right, recruits Kirk, no last name given, of Omaha to sign a petition in Omaha, Neb., to expand Medicaid in Nebraska. A petition drive to expand Medicaid in Nebraska is well on its way to placing the issue on the November general election ballot, thanks in part to a national group that successfully championed a similar effort in Maine last year. The Insure the Good Life campaign has already passed the minimum signature threshold in Nebraska's two largest counties and is sending volunteers into rural counties to gather even more signatures.

Advocacy group says Nebraska has enough signatures to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot

Kimberly Leonard · July 5, 2018 6:12 pm

Nebraska GOP official blames Democratic rhetoric for smashed windows, ‘abolish ICE’ graffiti at office

Anna Giaritelli · July 3, 2018 6:16 pm

"The other night, Mitch McConnell walked on to the floor of the Senate, and he knows the rules better than anybody. He did not have 60 votes. He barely had 50 votes," Bernie Sanders said.

Bernie Sanders: Democrats 'misreading where the American people are at'

Steven Nelson · May 20, 2018 2:50 pm

In this April 26, 2018, photo Noe Contrez carries a tray of romaine lettuce transplants as he walks next to a planter towed by a tractor at the EG Richter Family Farm in Puyallup, Wash. The farm sells most of it's lettuce to large local grocery store chains, and owner Tim Richter says that so far his farm hasn't been affected by warnings that romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona, apparently has been contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. Richter says he urges consumers to stay away from bagged lettuce and to always cut and wash their own produce.

E. coli illnesses from contaminated lettuce spread to 32 states

Kimberly Leonard · May 16, 2018 9:51 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he arrives on Air Force One, Sunday, March 25, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Washington as he returns from Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump congratulates Senate GOP primary victors in Nebraska, Pennsylvania

Katelyn Caralle · May 16, 2018 12:53 pm

5 questions Tuesday night’s primaries will answer

W. James Antle III · May 16, 2018 12:36 am

A series of reports published Monday found that spending on opioid abuse rose from $71 million in 2011 to $721.8 million in 2015. (AP Photo)

Opioid epidemic costs DC, West Virginia the most: Analysis

Robert King · March 20, 2018 3:39 pm

In the past, the First National Bank of Omaha has provided National Rifle Association-branded credit cards, but the contract with the NRA will no longer be renewed, the bank said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

First National Bank of Omaha severs business ties with NRA after receiving ‘customer feedback’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 1:06 am

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said that two Navy admiralships, awarded to educators who protested a conservative student group, were the result of a "clerical error." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Red Alert Politics

Nebraska Governor revokes award given to educators who harassed conservative students

alana-mastrangelo · February 8, 2018 11:09 pm

Failed Missouri Senate candidate Jason Kander has proposed that Democrats could actually win in red states by going bolder and unapologetically embracing authentic progressivism. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer).

Beltway Confidential

Can the #Resistance work in the Rust Belt?

Emily Jashinsky · January 26, 2018 2:46 am

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (pictured above) has named two new successors: Ajit Jain, who heads Berkshire's reinsurance operations, and Gregory Abel, who runs Berkshire Hathaway Energy. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Billionaire Warren Buffett names two potential heirs to Berkshire CEO role

James Langford · January 10, 2018 7:27 pm

In light of Doug Jones' rise to the U.S. Senate, Democrats should open their primaries to independents. But if they don't take the lessons of Alabama's special election seriously, they may not necessarily have the upper hand in 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democrats are making a mistake in failing to open their primaries to independents

adam-morfeld · December 28, 2017 5:01 am