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One of several cameras set up to capture live debate in the chamber of the Nebraska Legislature is shown, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. State lawmakers say their emails and phone contacts this session revealed a growing number of people who watched the Nebraska Legislature's debates this year either on public television or on their computers, phones and tablets. Some even streamed the debate in their cars. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

Nebraska Legislature as reality TV, featuring filibuster and culture war drama

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

FILE - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at the the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Conservatives in Nebraska have made bold moves to secure control of the state’s education system, citing a desire to push through one of Pillen’s priorities of reforming the state education funding.(Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

Nebraska passes 12-week abortion limit, bans transgender surgeries for minors

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Nebraska state Sen. John Arch, R-La Vista, speaks Jan. 4, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the session's most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion access and another that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The strategy sets up a vote on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 that could give conservatives a win on both abortion and trans health bans this year — or could see them lose both. (Eileen T. Meslar/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt addresses a crowd of about 200 people Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in the Nebraska state Capitol rotunda in Lincoln, Neb., during a rally to oppose a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy. Nebraska lawmakers have begun a second round of debate on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors that has proved to be so contentious, it has led opponents filibuster every single bill before the Nebraska Legislature since late February. (AP Photo/Margery Beck, File)

Debate resumes on Nebraska bill to ban trans health care for minors

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh prepares to speak before the Nebraska Legislature Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb. Cavanaugh is in her third week of an effort to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this session — even the ones she supports. The effort is a protest against conservatives' advancement of a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger. Cavanaugh has declared she will "burn the session to the ground" in an effort to stymie the bill. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

Nebraska Legislature set to vote on transgender health bill

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Former longtime Nebraska Sen. Dwite Pedersen dies at 79

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Omaha siblings serve together in Nebraska Legislature

By DON WALTON - Associated Press

Nebraska lawmakers may bar media from closed-door meetings

By GRANT SCHULTE - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

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Nebraska lets legislators shift from lawmaking to lobbying

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Nebraska lawmakers approve budget bill despite opposition

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Ricketts picks Elmwood banker for Nebraska legislative seat

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Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

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Panel keeps status quo on filibuster rules, leadership votes

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