The most recent state symbol to be named was in 1998, when then-Gov. Ben Nelson declared milk the state beverage, according to the Nebraska Blue Book. In 1981, the Legislature named the white ...

For several days in January, the Nebraska state flag, which is hoisted over the State Capitol's west side when lawmakers are in session, flew upside down. Nebraska's current state flag LINCOLN ...

Prompted by concerns over white supremacist imagery, the University of Nebraska has made a small change to depictions of Herbie Husker, the mascot of a farmer dressed in a cowboy hat and overalls that ...

Symbols may show how the state's residents have a good time. Several states, like Oklahoma and Utah, for example, have an official folk dance (for both states, it's the square dance).

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska is changing its mascot’s hand gesture because it was associated with a white supremacy symbol. For more than 47 years, Herbie Husker made what ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska is changing its mascot’s hand gesture because it was associated with a white supremacy symbol. For more than 47 years, Herbie Husker made what ...