Capitol Update

  • Courtyard Progress

    By Roxanne Smith • June 2, 2017

    Now that the bronze fountains are installed, the tile contractors are busy resetting the reclaimed original tiles and the new replacements. While the rains slowed progress, the sunny days have allowed them to near completion of…

  • Memorial Day at the Capitol

    By Roxanne Smith • May 25, 2017

    The Memorial Chamber at the top of the Nebraska State Capitol honors citizens in service of others. In 1929 the Grand Army of the Republic Auxiliary, the Women’s Relief Corps, dedicated two plaques in the Chamber.…

  • A Perfect Day for a Tree

    By Roxanne Smith • April 28, 2017

    Lt. Governor Mike Foley and dignitaries from the Nebraska Forest Service and the Arbor Day Foundation braved a wet chilly Arbor Day to ceremonially plant a tree on the southwest lawn of the Nebraska State Capitol.…

  • Courtyard Fountain Progress

    By Roxanne Smith • April 20, 2017

  • Courtyard Fountains Arrive

    By Roxanne Smith • March 16, 2017

    The foundry has delivered the first of the four courtyard fountains that will be installed as part of the State’s year long Sesquicentennial celebration. In the early morning hours of March 15, the contractor’s crew unloaded…

  • Celebrating Statehood

    By Roxanne Smith • February 23, 2017

    During Statehood Week, February 27 – March 3, the Nebraska Music Educators Association will host their annual Music Education Week at the Capitol Concert Series. The concerts will be held in the second floor rotunda of…

  • 105th Legislature Convenes

    By Roxanne Smith • January 3, 2017

    As the 105th Nebraska Legislature convenes on January 4th, the Nebraska Legislative Information Office has made access to all things legislative convenient via the Nebraska Unicameral Website.  Parking is not quite so convenient. There is very…

  • Winter and Holiday Season Arrive

    By Roxanne Smith • November 28, 2016

    Winter and the holidays have arrived. With the arrival of cold weather, the Office of the Capitol Commission will close the north stair and plaza and Capitol promenade deck to pedestrian traffic. These areas will remain…

  • Now is the time……

    By Roxanne Smith • November 4, 2016

    Now is the time to come to the Capitol, take a north elevator up to 14th floor and enjoy the colors of the fall. The golds and purples of the ashes have gone…...the reds of the…

  • 19/K Returns

    By Roxanne Smith • October 6, 2016

    The male Peregrine 19/K returned to the Nebraska State Capitol after 4 months of rehabilitation at the Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery Center. An unknown injury in June had broken a section of his wing. Recovered on…