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During a town hall in Bellevue this week, Nebraska 1st District Rep. Mike Flood (R) faced tough questions from constituents, including one who asked how citizens are supposed to protect themselves from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers acting outside the law.

Here are a few exchanges from Tuesday night’s public town hall with Nebraska 1st District Rep. Mike Flood. Constituents pressed their Republican representative on a number of issues, including the Big Beautiful Bill, food insecurity, and divisive rhetoric from the Trump administration.

Nebraska’s 1st District Rep. Mike Flood (R) cited allegations of election fraud in other states in expressing his support for the SAVE Act at a public townhall in Bellevue on Tuesday. The legislation’s stated goal is to make sure only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections, which is already law and subject to enforcement. Noncitizen…

In June, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed yet another multistate lawsuit—this time against California for its single-use plastics crackdown. ✏️: Jonny Lupsha

During a townhall hosted in Bellevue on Tuesday, Nebraska 1st District Rep. Mike Flood (R) cited disputed statistics and defended support from AIPAC and the Israeli government when pressed about big money donors by constituents.

The Omaha City Council will soon consider a local ordinance that would restore language from Nebraska’s 2022 minimum wage ballot measure, including annual cost-of-living increases and the elimination of a youth subminimum wage created by lawmakers. Gab Rima, co-founder of Strongly Worded Letters Omaha, testified in support of the ordinance before the council in June.

A new Nebraska petition could change how much power lawmakers have to alter voter-approved laws. The campaign turned in more than 186,500 signatures on Thursday. Now, state officials will determine whether it qualifies for November’s ballot. Read more at our link in bio.

Nebraska’s Supreme Court just upheld Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s decision to release sensitive voter data to the Department of Justice. The DOJ has sued more than 30 other states for refusing to do so. Nine of those lawsuits have already been dismissed.

A new political party is collecting signatures to get on Nebraska’s November ballot… but questions remain about who is behind it. Critics believe it could be an attempt to siphon support from independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn. So who is behind the Nebraska Working People Party?

Pennsylvania Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta hit the doors in Omaha, shouting out Cindy Johnson, Christy Knorr, and Jess Goldoni as candidates who could help flip and protect key Nebraska legislative seats.