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Columbus Public Schools is proposing building an intermediate school for fourth and fifth grade students to address capacity ...

Democrat Dwight Evans and Republican Don Bacon -- announced Monday they will not seek a third term in 2026 after both have ...

Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon won’t seek reelection in 2026, boosting Democrats’ hopes of winning his purple district in the midterm elections.

Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon represents a key battleground district that could help Democrats to regain control of the ...

Bacon has had to navigate an ever-thinning line between staying in his party’s and President Trump’s good graces without ...

Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican in Nebraska, is preparing to announce his retirement from Congress. The departure could ...

In Nebraska, the system has confounded Republicans. Barack Obama became the first presidential contender to shave off one of the state’s five electoral votes in 2008. It happened a second time ...

OMAHA, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon in 2024 defied the “blue dot” for a second straight presidential election. He won Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional ...

Nebraska's 2nd District has been a swing area in recent elections, voting for Trump in 2016 before flipping to Joe Biden in 2020. Polling ahead of the 2024 election indicated a contested ...

Kamala Harris, a Democrat, wins the electoral vote in Nebraska’s Second District. Race called by The Associated Press. race called Key to Trump’s Win: Heavy Losses for Harris Across the Map ...

Ruby-red Nebraska has long been ignored in presidential elections, only voting for the Democrat once since 1936. But the state has become now an electoral focal point.