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Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 9:18 PM UTC
|By Jacob Comer
After the Nebraska Legislature passed LB574, abortions in the state will be limited to 12 weeks immediately after Gov. Pillen signs it.
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Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 1:16 AM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
The Nebraska State Patrol arrested multiple protestors during debate on the legislative floor Friday afternoon.
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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 10:57 PM UTC
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska officials, advocates, activists, and politicians made their stances known after the Legislature passed the session’s most contentious bill on Friday.
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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 9:19 PM UTC
|By Gina Dvorak and Cassie Crowe
Nebraska lawmakers have passed the session’s most contentious bill.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 3:49 PM UTC
|By Jamie Bittner
Negotiations between the President & top GOP leaders have progressed but have not yet produced a deal.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 11:47 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
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.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 6:08 PM UTC
|By Gina Dvorak and Johan Marin
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.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 11:56 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
When Geraldine Tyler moved into a retirement home a few years ago, she fell behind on her taxes.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 11:09 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
After several hours of debate, Nebraska state senators voted Tuesday to attach AM1658 to LB574 before sending the bill back to second-round voting.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 8:08 PM UTC
|By KCRG Staff
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.
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Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 4:57 PM UTC
|By Craig Nigrelli
The Immigrant Legal Center in Omaha has about two dozen lawyers who specialize specifically in assisting asylum seekers.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 10:57 PM UTC
|By Bella Caracta
The debate over LB574 is once again at the hands of Nebraska lawmakers, hours ahead of schedule.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 10:18 PM UTC
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Markey, Rep. Cori Bush call for expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 8:47 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
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.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 8:28 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Nebraska state senators don’t return to work until Tuesday, but when they do, they’ll be taking up two controversial bills at the same time.
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 4:16 AM UTC
|By Brian Tabick
Iowa Republicans waiting to hear Gov. DeSantis announce run for President
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 11:35 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
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.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 8:59 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
Nebraska state senators will debate LB574, the bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors, next week.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:19 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
We’re getting a clearer idea on the details inside the new abortion ban amendment attached to a transgender care bill.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 10:54 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Nebraska lawmakers advanced an amendment Monday that would require companies with cellphone towers using Chinese-made technology to replace the parts immediately.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 10:09 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
The abortion debate will return to the Nebraska Legislature this session after all, despite widespread belief that the topic had been put to rest.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 8:27 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
Omaha State Sen. Megan Hunt has left the Democratic party, according to a report coming out of Nebraska’s capital city.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:20 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Two huge ticket items — representing nearly a billion dollars in new spending — dominated debate among state senators at the Legislature on Thursday.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 1:10 AM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Nebraska state senators began debating the annual budget on Wednesday — mere hours after receiving a copy of the 181-page document.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 7:51 PM UTC
|By The Associated Press
Iowa Democrats are proposing a novel way to get around their demotion from the leadoff spot on the party’s presidential nominating calendar
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 4:47 AM UTC
|By Amber Little
Lincoln voters have re-elected Leirion Gaylor Baird as mayor.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 7:43 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Vinny Palermo remains on the Omaha City Council despite sitting in jail, but is no longer the council’s vice president.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 9:15 PM UTC
|By John Chapman
Dr. Leroy Carhart would have celebrated his 59th wedding anniversary this summer. His health denied him and his wife, Mary, the celebration.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 8:53 PM UTC
|By 10/11 NOW
Teachers and public school advocates held a rally in opposition to LB753 on Saturday at the State Capitol.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 3:13 AM UTC
|By Brent Weber
As of now, Omaha’s District 4 is unrepresented on the city council. A judge’s decision to detain Vinny Palermo until his trial date means his seat will likely remain empty for three months.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 9:56 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
Nebraska’s most well-known abortion doctor died overnight.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:57 PM UTC
|By John Chapman
Nebraska Sen. Merv Riepe says he won’t change his mind on his non-vote that killed the state’s attempt at a 6-week abortion ban.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 5:06 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
The Douglas County Republican Party wants Sen. Merv Riepe of Ralston to reconsider the 6-week abortion ban.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 12:20 AM UTC
|By Jamie Bittner
The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 9:42 PM UTC
|By Roger Hamer
Some business leaders in Omaha worry that a bill in the Legislature could do long-term economic damage to the state.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 5:12 PM UTC
|By 6 News staff reports
A controversial abortion bill has failed in the second round of debate in the Nebraska Legislature.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 3:28 AM UTC
|By Gina Dvorak
State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha said she is being formally investigated for a potential conflict of interest on LB574 because she has a trans child.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 9:03 PM UTC
|By Jacqueline Fernandez and Gina Dvorak
A form starting the recall process to remove Vinny Palermo from the Omaha City Council has been filed — and the clock is ticking.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:06 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Tuesday, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed LB77, a bill to allow the permitless concealed carry of firearms.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:07 PM UTC
|By KCRG Staff
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Monday promoted a pack of koozies featuring the faces of Republican governors in an apparent parody of Bud Light cans.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:03 AM UTC
|By 10/11 NOW
They’re not easy topics to talk about, but they’re the answers that could play a big role in the outcome of Lincoln’s race for mayor next week.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 4:24 PM UTC
|By Molly Martinez
A group of lawmakers in the nation’s capital is putting together a resolution to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin, and what lawmakers call “his crimes against humanity.”
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 2:03 AM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
A bill working through the Nebraska Unicameral could wipe local control of handgun licensing if a permitless conceal carry bill takes hold.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 11:33 PM UTC
|By 10/11 NOW and The Associated Press
It’s the most controversial bill so far to pass the final round of voting this legislative session.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 1:08 AM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
On the 63rd day of its first session, the 108th Legislature has passed its first bill.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2023 at 10:16 PM UTC
|By Bella Caracta
Sunday, trans rights supporters protested on Dodge Street.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 9:07 PM UTC
|By Jacqueline Fernandez and Gina Dvorak
A day after a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors passed the second of three rounds in the Unicameral, the Nebraska Legislature was supposed to move to other items but did not.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 2:26 PM UTC
|By Adam Carros
The Court states timeliness is a factor in responding to open records requests to meet the stated purpose of the law for to “encourage the ‘free and open examination of public records.’”
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 9:11 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
Another win for conservatives at the Unicameral made for an emotional day on the legislative floor as Nebraska state senators voted to move LB574 to its final reading.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 10:59 PM UTC
|By Brian Mastre
The Nebraska Unicam begins floor debate Wednesday morning on an abortion bill.