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Residents of Red Cloud, Nebraska, were able to address US Senate candidate Dan Osborn directly during a public townhall on Thursday, Oct. 1, after newly leaked audio from last year showed the Independent candidate using crude language to describe support for President Donald Trump in rural America. “Billy Bob in f—king Red Cloud, Nebraska, who…

During a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Greater Omaha, Nebraska Legislative District 20 candidate John Fredrickson spoke about his concerns over how new Medicaid work requirements could affect Nebraskans who are already working.

Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts broke with President Donald Trump over the use of taxpayer dollars for campaign-style advertising, saying it “would not be appropriate” to use federal money for campaign ads. CNN’s Dana Bash pressed Ricketts about a Trump administration ad she said is nearly identical to a video from Trump’s 2024 campaign, but this…

During a recent trip to Washington to advocate for an updated Farm Bill, John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, met with Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson (D) and detailed the upsetting reason that many southern states don’t have active state chapters of the National Farmers Union.

Omaha boxer Melanie Timko is stepping into the ring Friday with a chance to make Nebraska history. According to KETV 7, Timko will become the first woman in the state to compete for a championship boxing title, fighting for WBA and NABA title belts in her weight class. Timko started boxing a decade ago at…

During a recent trip to Washington, John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, saw US Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., cast what became the deciding vote to advance the 2026 farm bill from the Senate Agriculture Committee. Hansen told Courier Nebraska he was in D.C. on Sept. 16 to meet with members of Congress about…

Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts acknowledged that soaring fuel costs are squeezing families, farmers and ranchers across his state — but stopped short of answering when CNN’s Dana Bash asked whether those costs are “worth the sacrifice” amid the Iran war. Nebraska diesel was averaging $6.12 a gallon, according to the AAA figure cited by CNN.…

A new political ad in Nebraska is revisiting a controversial pardon from Pete Ricketts’ time as governor — this time through the woman who survived the crime. She recounts being tied up and raped inside her home in 1993 and describes learning years later that John Arias, the man convicted of sexually assaulting her, had…

Nebraska’s mail-in ballots are going out this week—and for now, nothing about that changes.⁣ But the fight over how you vote isn’t over. One candidate in this race has been pretty open about wanting to shrink the window, and there are 11 Nebraska counties where that would hit hardest.⁣ The twist? It all comes down…

Senate candidate Dan Osborn says Congress shouldn’t be heading home while major questions around AI and the rapid expansion of data centers remain unresolved. The independent Nebraska Senate candidate accused lawmakers of ignoring Americans demanding action while AI companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to influence elections. His message to Washington: stay at…