It took six months for legislative leaders to agree to a new set of rules aimed at making the Legislature’s workings more transparent and more efficient — which speaks to both the usual rivalry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Sen. Ben Hansen of Blair in the Nebraska Capitol on Jan. 8, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska ...

Del. Mike Hornby believes the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals got it wrong 37 years ago and prevented the Legislature from approving rules approved by the state Board of Education. (Photo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules, photographed at a Jan. 12, 2023, meeting when the body voted to block ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Arguments for whether Nebraska lawmakers should change the threshold needed to end debate and shut off a filibuster, possibly aiding conservative priorities, appear ...

State Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Amy Grady said the voters have already spoken on whether lawmakers should have the ability to approve education rules and they said no. (Photo courtesy of ...

This is the fifth of a six-part series on the constitutionality of the state’s budget guardrails. Here are Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Six. The “bond lock” is the most important budget guardrail.