Nebraska began implementing Medicaid work requirements on May 1, 2026, making it the first state to put the new federal rules into effect as renewal reviews reach more expansion enrollees.
A publicly funded $51,473 sidewalk and parking-lot improvement project is listed for County Road 5 in Yutan, from East Vine Street to Clear Creek Drive.
The City of Valley closed the intersection of West Reichmuth Road and North Spruce Street on July 20 for a water-main replacement project. The closure remains in effect until further notice.
Olde Town Bellevue is among Nebraska’s Opportunity Zone nominations, a potential federal tax incentive for qualifying investment if Treasury approves it.
Nebraska’s net General Fund receipts finished fiscal 2025-26 $228.996 million below forecast after four straight monthly misses, reopening a current budget gap as agencies prepare new requests.
Eligible rural and frontier Nebraska schools can seek up to $100,000 for approved kitchen equipment, but applications are due August 31 or earlier if funds run out.
Nebraska’s 5 p.m. Monday, August 3, deadline affects certain general-election candidates, judicial retention filings, partisan petitions, financial-interest forms and withdrawals.
Nebraska candidates covered by specified general-election filing deadlines have until 5 p.m. Aug. 3 to withdraw, while primary and convention nominees may decline nominations by the same deadline.
The Lincoln City Council is scheduled to hold a public meeting and budget hearing Aug. 3 on Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird’s proposed two-year city budget.
Lincoln City Council’s budget calendar sets an Aug. 3 public hearing on the proposed FY2026-28 budget, followed by amendment deadlines and a planned Aug. 24 adoption.
A Lancaster County District Court order bars Lincoln from enforcing its local minimum-wage ordinance while the legal challenge continues, leaving the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act as the governing standard.
Omaha officials have outlined a proposed 275,000-square-foot police and fire headquarters near 74th Street, with voter approval and further city action still required.
Gov. Jim Pillen signed Executive Order 26-17 on July 20, ending data centers’ access to tax incentives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird presented Lincoln’s proposed 2026-28 city budget on July 6, identifying public safety and infrastructure as priorities ahead of City Council review.
Mayor John Ewing Jr. signed Omaha’s $15-per-hour minimum-wage ordinance on July 21 after the City Council approved it 4-3. The local law is scheduled to take effect in October.
University of Nebraska at Omaha researchers are using the MM-AIR testbed to study AI-powered defenses for drone systems, backed by a $175,000 National Science Foundation award.
The Lancaster County Super Fair is underway in Lincoln, with its listed 2026 schedule running from July 30 through Aug. 8.
Nebraska’s latest labor-market update reported a 4.3% seasonally adjusted unemployment rate and a monthly gain of 7,577 jobs in private industries. Preliminary July figures and revised June data are due Aug. 21.
An Omaha World-Herald guide published June 16 highlights 10 events planned in Omaha during August 2026, including the Nebraska Balloon and Wine Festival.
Nebraska’s LB 1096 sets statewide foreign-threat protections, including a Nov. 8, 2026, deadline for communications providers to remove prohibited foreign-vendor equipment from towers.
Gov. Jim Pillen reissued an executive order July 15 allowing continued delivery of hay and other supplies to Nebraska areas ravaged by wildfires.
Gov. Jim Pillen issued Executive Order 26-17 on July 20, setting a state executive-branch framework for the responsible administration of economic-development incentives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act.
