LINCOLN — Compensation for Nebraska’s 49 state senators could be removed from the state constitution, possibly making it easier to change the annual $12,000 salary. The Nebraska Legislature’s Executive Board,

An updated Nebraska economic forecast on Friday offered the Legislature up to $165 million in potential new revenue to help shrink the state’s anticipated budget shortfall.

State Sen. Rick Holdcroft of Bellevue says he wants to eliminate online voter registration, restrict absentee voting, provide more security for ballot boxes and require hand-counting of election

Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would regulate kratom and bar synthetic versions of the product.

A coalition of young climate activists urged Nebraska lawmakers to consider advancing an amendment adding protections for "a clean and healthy environment" in the state constitution.

Nebraska’s top law enforcement officer urged lawmakers to not pass any medical marijuana regulations this legislative session, saying pending litigation could render it moot. But that didn’t stop lawmakers from considering bills that would set the framework for implementing medical marijuana across the state at a General Affairs Committee hearing on Monday.

The fight to secure a safe, regulated medical cannabis system in Nebraska could hinge on whether lawmakers adopt legislation this spring.

"I don't know of any vape shop that could withstand that kind of tax," said Dave Jameson, owner of TNT Vapors in Lincoln.

Despite the medical marijuana initiatives already being in effect, advocates want lawmakers to provide greater clarity to patients, physicians and law enforcement this legislative session.

An update of a decade-old state climate change report that was due in December is now expected to be completed in late March, University of Nebraska officials said. They rejected concerns that it was being edited to sidestep controversy.

A public hearing on mandatory E-Verify in Nebraska on Monday drew mixed responses. The bill would cover about 6,350 Nebraska employers.