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The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use ...

Nebraska voters will decide in November if the controversial Opportunity Scholarship Act involving state money and donations to private schools will stay or go – an issue proving to be confusing ...

In 1854 the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act served as a catalyst to war and created the conditions that led to the birth of the Republican Party and Lincoln’s political ascendancy.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservatives could capture majorities on the Kansas and Nebraska state school boards in this year's elections, making it easier for them to shape what's taught in classrooms.

Historian Brown (The First Populist) recaps the passage of the “explosive” Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which he argues “profoundly affected the way that both northerners and southerners saw ...

He therefore bowed to Southern wishes and proposed a bill for organizing Nebraska-Kansas which stated that the slavery question would be decided by popular sovereignty.

Nebraska is still experiencing declining ACT scores for its graduating seniors, a trend that also can be seen nationwide based on new test data released Wednesday.

The Center for American Progress and The Arc break down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exposing how its deep cuts to ...

Despite four first-place finishes, the Kansas women’s swimming and diving team fell to Nebraska 113-187 in a Friday dual meet at Devaney Natatorium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Packers put 26 children to work at a Cargill plan in Dodge City, Kansas, according to the DOL. Packers also had children working at plants in Gibbon and Omaha, both in Nebraska.

The Kansas Jayhawks women’s basketball team advanced in the WNIT vs. former Big 12 foe Nebraska Cornhuskers. KU is on to the Great 8 round of the tournament.