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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.

During a debate over LGBTQ+ books in public libraries, Lincoln City Councilmember James Michael Bowers shared how library access helped him as a young gay man searching for answers he was too afraid to ask anyone else. He says public libraries saved his life—and called access to books “a form of suicide prevention.”

A new lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee against Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen, a fellow Republican, is the latest attempt to restrict voting eligibility in elections. Similar suits in Michigan and North Carolina have already been decided.

In February, Gov. Jim Pillen received a public records request for the previous two years of his cell phone call logs. Four months later, Pillen’s attorney responded by saying no such records exist. Transparency advocates say Pillen is trying to skirt public disclosure laws. ✏️: Jonny Lupsha

Independent congressional candidate Austin Ahlman argues voters deserve someone who has lived through the kinds of struggles politicians often only talk about. Ahlman is running outside the two-party system in a race against Republican Rep. Mike Flood and Democrat Chris Backemeyer, framing his campaign around corporate power, working families, and giving voters “something to vote…

Nebraska’s minimum-wage fight is now headed to court. Lincoln passed a local ordinance. Omaha could follow July 14. Attorney General Mike Hilgers is suing to stop Lincoln’s law. Here’s what to know.

Some Nebraska ranchers are taking back the power by creating their own meatpacking plant. More Perfect Union traveled to the Sustainable Beef facility near North Platte to show what happens when collectives work together.