Conservative-led Nebraska Legislature passes 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors.

Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are expected to have just enough votes to pass a bill Friday that combines a ban on gender-affirming care for minors with a 12-week abortion ban.

A legislative committee has finally advanced a bill to comply with a voter ID requirement approved by Nebraska voters last November.

The union that represents railroad engineers has finally secured its first deal for paid sick time with Norfolk Southern.

A group led by a Nebraska state lawmaker plans to again try to put the question of legalizing medical marijuana before state voters in November 2024.

Hundreds of measures targeting transgender people have been proposed in statehouses this year, and several have moved forward this week.

A longtime conservative Republican and anti-abortion activist in Kansas who forced a recount of the state’s decisive vote affirming abortion rights last year has died in a plane crash at 69.

Abortion bans are back on the agenda for lawmakers in the Carolinas and Nebraska this week.

Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto.

Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto.

Nebraska lawmakers are set to take up debate on a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in transgender minors.

Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session's most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion access and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.