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 ...

There has been a record number of anti-LBGTQ bills introduced in state legislatures this year, and state senator are doing what they can to stop hateful change. Nebraska Democratic state senator ...

Newly elected state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh took to Facebook yesterday to show that a mother's work never stops.Cavanaugh said that due to inclement weather, she brought 6-month-old Barrett to the ...

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 ...

Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha, the daughter of former Democratic Rep. John Cavanaugh, announced Monday she will be a candidate for the Legislature. Her father served in Congress from 1977 to 1980 ...