
For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject
Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week.

Keystone XL opponents brace for protests in Neb.
Opponents of a massive Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline converged on a snowy Nebraska town Thursday for a critical hearing on the project, but they ...

Nebraska Sen. Johanns says he won't seek 2nd term
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he wants a "quieter time" to focus on his family ...

Nebraska Lt. Gov. Sheehy resigns from office
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned abruptly Saturday in a scandal involving thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone, ...

53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline
More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move ...

Obama's lofty inaugural ideals run into reality
President Barack Obama's lofty ideals from his inaugural address ran smack into reality Tuesday on the first working day of his second term.

Obama climate pledge faces test on oil pipeline
Environmental groups say President Barack Obama's warning about climate change will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the Keystone XL ...
Neb. governor OKs Keystone XL route through state
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Tuesday that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive ...

Obama to confront oil pipeline, climate change
President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: ...

Retiring Osborne always kept cool under pressure
It was homecoming 1991. Ninth-ranked Nebraska was favored by 35 points over Kansas State, still thought of as a woebegone program at the time and ...
Neb. state Sen. Flood exits 2014 governor's race
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Flood leaving race for Nebraska governor
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.

Obama pipeline decision may preview energy policy
It's a decision President Barack Obama put off during the 2012 campaign, but now that he's won a second term, his next move on a proposed oil pipeline ...