The city has started replacing lead pipes in 16 homes in the Woods Park neighborhood for free as part of a city-led initiative bolstered by a $32.6 million federal loan.Â
Gov. Jim Pillen's pledge to cut Nebraskans' property taxes in half would reduce his own tax bill by nearly $1 million, a Journal Star analysis of property records found.
The City Council will vote at its next meeting on whether to ask voters to approve a $13.9 million stormwater bond issue. Voters have approved 15 such bond issues.
Many who addressed state senators voiced skepticism toward Gov. Jim Pillen's plan to end certain sales tax exemptions in order to reduce tax bills for property owners.
The building, under construction at 345 N. 23rd St., is being touted as an example of what the Environmental Protection Agency's Solar for All program could produce.
Garner Industries plans to sell the land where the remains of its manufacturing plant sit after a tornado blew through the area and took the company’s operation with it.
Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb said in a statement that President Joe Biden "brought true resources to communities across Nebraska."
The pause opens the door to further arguments about whether the $6 million program, paid for largely with federal pandemic aid, should be shut down entirely.
Two west-central Nebraska businesses have reached a settlement with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office to stop selling synthetic THC products.
The governor called for a "hard cap" on local governments' yearly spending increases and for the state to take over the majority of funding for Nebraska's public schools.
State law that goes into effect Friday makes it illegal for drivers to turn right (or left) on traffic signals with a red arrow.
The Lincoln City Council voted to approve two changes to the mayor's proposed budget that would shift money to help do an assessment of city ballfields and trees.
Two big developments have or are about to cross the finish line: a mixed-use project in University Place, the other an unusual affordable housing project at 46th and Vine streets.
Four suggested changes totaling $450,000 were suggested by council members to the mayor’s proposed biennial budget.
City officials assured the City Council a lease agreement for property where a controversial StarTran transfer station will be located will include daily cleaning, a concern of nearby business owners.
The City Council approved zoning changes allowing the company to begin manufacturing its products at a new location after a tornado destroyed its building at 98th and Cornhusker Highway.
Candidates are being sought for Board of Trustees members for Sanitary and Improvement Districts in Holland, Cheney and Walton.
Plans for a 2-mile hiker-biker trail through southeast Lincoln's Beal Slough greenway took a step forward, though construction is still a year or two away.
Amy Dickerson, managing director of the Sandhills Global Event Center, resigned Friday, the Lancaster County Agricultural Society announced.Â
The three sites, all in the downtown area, are the Post Office at 700 R St., the southern portion of the Gold's Building and a block near the Cornhusker Hotel.
A developer wants to turn 38 acres on the northeast corner of 84th and Van Dorn streets into commercial space for a big box store, hotel and car wash.
Developers of Wilderness Crossing, a controversial housing project near Wilderness Park and a Native sweat lodge, have finished a new stretch of First Street.
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City Hall: The University of Nebraska will pay $200,000 a year to use Sandhills Global Youth Sports Complex fields and a dad urges the city to fix existing ballfields.Â
The city is planning major upgrades to Lincoln's downtown corridors -- O, Ninth, 10th, 11th and 14th streets -- to make the area more inviting.
More than 1,200 Lancaster County property owners are protesting the value assessed on their homes this year, fewer than last year when the county's property values increased a whopping 23%.Â
Two city departments feel the impact of minimum wage hikes; online recruiting has drawn Chicago, New York cops to Lincoln; Southeast alum new Pentagon chief of staff.
Teddy's timepiece: President's watch, stolen in Buffalo in 1987, returned to Roosevelt family estate
The mystery of who stole President Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch from a Buffalo museum 37 years ago remains unsolved, but the timepiece is now back at its rightful home.
The Airport Authority Board voted 4-1 — Nicki Behmer-Popp was the only board member to vote in opposition — to approve its budget and a 3.1-cent property tax levy.
The city has changed course on a decision not to include food vendors at the annual Uncle Sam Jam July 3 and the event will now include six vendors.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission recommended approval of a zoning change that will allow Garner Industries to continue its precision manufacturing work after a tornado destroyed its operation.Â