This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On an icy morning in February, Machaela Cavanaugh, a Nebraska state senator, ...

The most remarkable aspect of Machaela Cavanaugh’s engineered meltdown on Friday pertained to her profession: state legislator. Reason and rhetoric once acted as currency in deliberative bodies; ...

A session in the Nebraska legislature turned chaotic after Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh voiced her support for transgender people amid a debate on a bill to ban sex change procedures for minors in the ...

Every day, Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who represents 6th District in the Nebraska state legislature, carpools to work with her younger brother, John, who represents the 9th District. It’s a 55-minute ...

Nebraska Senator Machaela Cavanaugh joins Jen Psaki to discuss a bill that targets the transgender community and would ban gender-affirming procedures and healthcare for Nebraska residents younger ...

In Nebraska, state Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has been filibustering an anti-trans package for seven weeks. The measure seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors and penalize their healthcare ...