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Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:40 PM CST
|By John Grinvalds
A line of people wrapped through the halls for most of the day waiting in line to get inside the Health and Human Services hearing room for a chance to speak for or against making the state’s abortion law more strict.
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Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:45 PM CST
|By Samantha Bernt
A bill introduced at the state capitol aims to give parents more control over their child’s education.
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Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:23 PM CST
|By Marlo Lundak
Dozens of community members on both sides spoke to the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee Tuesday afternoon.
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Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:45 PM CST
|By Samantha Bernt
Monday at the state capitol, the Business and Labor Committee heard testimony regarding LB 15, a bill that would lower the minimum wage for minors.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 4:21 PM CST
|By John Chapman
Over the last decade, officials with Project Extra Mile noticed a decrease in the number of underage youth getting caught up in alcohol use. Now, they say the pandemic has reversed that trend.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:57 PM CST
|By Johan Marin
Several Nebraskans lined up Thursday and said they shouldn’t have to pay fees and ask the state’s permission to exercise their Second Amendment right.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:32 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:27 PM CST
|By Unicameral Update
Current state law requires that an individual wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle or moped.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 2:56 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
“It’s an obvious fact," says Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Unicameral Update
Sen. Ben Hansen said the proposal could help address the state’s teacher shortage and provide job opportunities for veterans.
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 2:41 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is now officially a U.S. Senator.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:47 AM CST
|By Bella Caracta
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the now-overturned decision that gave women the federal right to an abortion.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM CST
|By 10/11 NOW
The York County Sheriff was fined $1,000 for violating a Nebraska Statute by appearing in a televised campaign ad while wearing his uniform.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 11:30 AM CST
|By Bayley Bischof
Nebraska senators adopted permanent rules for the 108th legislative session Thursday morning after a nine hour committee hearing last week sorting through more than 50 proposed changes.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
Days before the March for Life rally, the House GOP advanced a measure called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:30 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Gov. Jim Pillen welcomed a handful of Nebraska state senators to his news conference Wednesday morning to talk about further tax relief proposals they will be introducing during this legislative session.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Craig Nigrelli
It’s called the Residential Tenant Clean Slate Act and it’s designed to give renters more rights so their past does not drag them down.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 6:54 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
State lawmakers introduced 49 more pieces of proposed legislation on Friday, bringing the total number of bills proposed so far to 464.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 9:20 AM CST
|By News Channel Nebraska
A bill proposed in the unicameral would place limitations on who can watch drag shows in Nebraska.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:55 PM CST
|By Marlo Lundak
The Parental Bill of Rights gives parents more power over their child's public school education.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:22 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak and Brian Mastre
It’s official: Former Gov. Pete Ricketts is heading to Washington, D.C., to become Nebraska’s next senator.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:47 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:10 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Nebraska state senators introduced dozens more bills on Friday as the 108th Legislative session begins to take shape.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 2:37 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Gov. Jim Pillen announced two hires for his communications team Monday.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 4:43 PM CST
|By John Gage, State Of Nebraska
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced his issuance of an executive order creating a new Broadband Office.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 3:57 PM CST
|By Zane Culjat
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced the signing of an executive order Friday creating a new Broadband Office for the state.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 7:10 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
The Nebraska Legislature began its new session Wednesday with several new members, a new incoming Republican governor, and nearly $1 billion in cash.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 4:18 PM CST
State Senator Ray Aguilar and a few of his colleagues want $8 million from the state’s general fund to build a new state veterans cemetery in Grand Island.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 8:47 AM CST
|By Brendan Cullerton
Current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, is the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the House, but he is short on the votes required
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 12:07 PM CST
|By Jacob Comer
Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase annually until 2026 after voters passed an initiative in November.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 2:37 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
Legislation to sort out Afghan refugee status remains stalled in Congress.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 2:44 PM CST
|By Zane Culjat
The order allows practitioners to more readily serve Nebraskans.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 9:06 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
For the past 48 years Senator Patrick Leahy has served the nation and his home state of Vermont.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 7:29 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
Journalist Katie Couric joined lawmakers to announce the ‘Find it Early Act' for cancer screenings.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 3:28 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The man who started a political action committee which backed three new members of the Grand Island school board said Monday he was pleased that Superintendent Tawana Grover was resigning.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 9:53 AM CST
|By Nebraka Examiner
Ann Ashford, an attorney who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, is among the applicants for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 4:36 PM CST
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Leahy was first elected in 1974.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 4:30 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Adams Central school board election is final after a state-mandated recount a month after the general election.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 3:44 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Adams Central school board election is final after a state-mandated recount a month after the general election.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 10:37 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Grand Island City Council Tuesday rejected Mayor Roger Steele’s choice for city administrator.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:55 AM CST
|By 10/11 NOW
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced Tuesday morning his intention to seek the appointment to serve as the state’s next U.S. senator.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 5:06 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A razor thin margin of three votes separate two candidates who want to be on the Adams Central Board of Education. That means an automatic recount on December 7th.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 9:33 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A weekend review of the November 8th votes in Hall County appears to confirm that two write-in candidates beat two incumbents for two seats on the Grand Island School Board.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 8:45 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
The Omaha Press Club honored Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Thursday night by unveiling a caricature drawing of him for its Barroom Floor faces gallery.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:40 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Adams Central school patrons may have to wait before they learn who will sit on the school board.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 2:11 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse announced on Twitter that he will leave the U.S. Senate in the new year.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Spencer Schubert
It will be a changing of the guard for the Grand Island School Board
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 10:47 PM CST
|By Samantha Bernt
Election Day has come and gone, and as a result of the voter ID initiative passing in the state, hitting the polls may look a little different going forward.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:04 PM CST
|By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden addressed the results of the midterm election and his own political future on Wednesday.