LINCOLN — Supporters of an effort to replace Nebraska’s income, property and corporate taxes with a broader sales or consumption tax say they have cleared a key hurdle in seeking to place the issue on the fall ballot.

State Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard said Tuesday that advocates of the EPIC consumption tax have gathered signatures from 5% of registered voters in 38 of the state’s counties.

The sharp increase in political polarization in America over the past 50 years has been driven in part by how different generations think about politics. But the rise of younger generations to political power may actually erase the deep social divisions associated with polarization.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A large group of Republican attorneys general on Monday took legal action against the Biden administration and California over new emissions limits for trucks.

Chris McMahon, Deputy County Attorney for Douglas County leaned over to me as we sat in the company of judges at the 40th annual Law Day lunch on May 1, 2024.  He said that he needed to “duck out early” from  the gathering held at The Field Club.  He was sure that the judge listening to the case he was trying that afternoon would not excuse him from being late for court due to attending this annual event.