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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that ends mandatory life sentences for juveniles who commi...
Strong emotions were expressed in public testimony before a legislative committee Thursday on a proposal that bans job discri...
(AP) Some of Nebraska's powerful farm interests are skeptical about Gov. Dave Heineman's proposed income-tax overhaul...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce...
A surge of new inmates in the state is hurting efforts to ease overcrowding and costs.Research from the Department of Correct...
(AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have given second-roundapproval to a bill that gives voters the option to set city salestax rates a...
(AP) - A measure that seeks to clamp down on human trafficking in Nebraska has won first-round legislative approval. Lawmaker...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The city of Omaha and Douglas County mayhave to supply a government merger plan to state lawmakers by Ju...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman says proposed reforms to a Nebraska commission that resolves public labor disputes don't go far enoug...
(AP) Lawmakers are debating a measure that would allow Nebraska cities to raise their local sales tax rate to as high as 2 pe...
(AP) Three Nebraska lawmakers have joined more than 150 other legislators nationwide in signing a friend-of-the-court brief t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Judges would have greater authority todecide which sex offenders belong on Nebraska's state registryunde...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Probation officers, social workers andschool officials would have to communicate about students who miss...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Probation officers, social workers andschool officials would have to communicate about students who miss...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers are scheduled to begin debate on proposed changes to the state foster care system. Floor discussion c...
(AP) A bill that would allow Nebraska cities to raise sales tax rates as high as 2 percent with voter approval has advanced f...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A legislative committee is considering abill that would allow the Nebraska Supreme Court to appoint ahea...
(AP) A bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would allow the state's cities and counties to raise their local sales tax...
(AP) The Nebraska State Patrol has found that no threat was made by a man who sent an e-mail to members of the Legislature's ...
(AP) State Sen. Brad Ashford, chairman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, is considering using metal detectors when th...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning defends his earlier decision to sign onto a lawsuit defending Arizona's anti-illegal im...
