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The Overlook is a reader-sponsored nonprofit newspaper. Ten years ago this week, on Nov. 8, we gathered with friends and neighbors in Glenford to watch the presidential election returns. We were almost certain we’d witness the election of America’s first woman…
Read more about US Senator Murphy to miss Senate votes for weeks as he recovers from stroke on Devdiscourse US Senator Murphy to miss Senate votes for weeks as he recovers from stroke Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said on…
By SEUNG MIN KIM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Democrats will hold at least 54 seats in the 100-member Senate next year and as many as 56 depending on final results in Mississippi and Alaska, giving them a significant majority to…
Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said the Nebraska Legislature needs to prioritize structural property tax reform in 2027, but that could be a challenge after conservative lawmakers lost their 33-seat supermajority. Check out results from some of Nebraska’s biggest races, including contests…
Listen as Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen gives a victory speech after a gubernatorial race for Nebraska on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026 at the Cornhusker Hotel in downtown Lincoln. Gov. Jim Pillen on Friday doubled down on the importance of addressing Nebraska's high…
Describing Tuesday’s bloodbath of a midterm election for Republicans as a blue wave might be an understatement. It was more of a blue tsunami — an historic Democratic deluge that wiped out GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress in a…
Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194 “Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has collected enough signatures to force a GOP conference-wide meeting to discuss delaying Senate Republican leadership elections,” Punchbowl News reports. “Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to win another term…
Washington state Democrats were poised to gain two more seats in the Legislature after candidates defeated Republican incumbents in a closely watched Southwest Washington district, a move that puts Democrats closer to a supermajority in the House. In the 17th Legislative…
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, released statements Thursday from eight more Texas House colleagues supporting her bid to become the next Speaker of the Texas House. The race comes after Texas Democrats flipped control of the chamber in…
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