LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - There are a handful of college students sitting at the front of the legislative chamber who often blend into the background when watching debates or votes in the unicameral, ...

Governor Jim Pillen outlined his property tax reduction strategy during a Thursday visit to Grand Island, expressing ...

Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral form of government. Its 49 state senators, who represent roughly 35,000 people each, comprise the entire legislative branch of government. The unique ...

Gov. Jesse Ventura began a campaign Tuesday to offer Minnesota voters an option on the November 2000 ballot to change the state Legislature’s structure. But some University professors question how ...

In accordance with a 1981 state law, Jan. 5 is designated each year as George W. Norris Day in Nebraska. The unique holiday is set aside “in recognition of the many great benefits bestowed upon the ...

Nebraskans once again have multiple means available to them to watch and participate in the Legislature’s bill-making process, regardless of their distance from Lincoln. Those means all spring from ...

THE UNICAMERAL. THE TRAFFIC COP OF THE CHAMBER. PATRICK O’DONNELL HAS SERVED AS THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE’S CLERK FOR 44 YEARS. THAT’S ABOUT HALF THE HISTORY OF THE UNICAMERAL. NOW, THE NATION’S ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In no time at all, Nebraska’s 49 senators will be back in action. First they’ll need to select committee chairs and then they’ll start introducing their bills. The mood at the ...

The late U.S. Senator George Norris, one of the most idealistic and incorruptible legislators America has ever produced, used to come up with some clever lines to express his frustrations. "They say ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska Legislature is encouraging the next generation of leaders to walk in a legislator’s shoes. The Unicameral Youth Legislature will be held June 11-14 at the State ...