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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill that would allow more working families in Nebraska to qualify for child care subsidies is headed ...
A new poverty report shows 55 percent of Lincoln low-income respondents rarely or never can afford to buy enough food for the...
Nebraska US Senator Deb Fischer introduced a resolution in the US Senate Thursday, asking that September 26, 2013 be designat...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would support a program that teaches inmates how to be good parents. Senators vo...
Nebraska lawmakers are turning their focus on a proposal to expand medicaid coverage in Nebraska. Bob Rauner with the Nebrask...
Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler tells KLIN's Jack and Dave that expanding medicaid in Nebraska is the sensible thing to do.&q...
(AP) Supporters of a proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska say they're willing to include safeguards in the bill that c...
Closing arguments have been made in a lawsuit against the state filed by a Lincoln woman who says her son was left near death...
The Foster Care Closet wants to insure that children placed quickly in Foster Care have sufficient clothing. Executive Direct...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a measure that would give housing assistance to ...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is accused of improperly spending nearly eight million dollars in energy...
A legislative proposal aimed at ending prenatal care for undocumented Nebraska residents is resoundly defeated by committee m...
Lincoln is waging war against childhood obesity by joining First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move City" in...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription ant...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill to expand Nebraska Medicaid coverage has advanced for debate in the Legislature, and supporters a...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is holding firm in his opposition to a proposed Medicaid expansion that coul...
KLIN sister station Froggy 98 has just completed its 11th Radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.In t...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Countering the Republican-led opposition to President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary is a...
(AP) Nebraska health clinics serving low-income residents say more women are seeking prenatal care in the first trimester of ...
The Lincoln-based Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital plans to open a $60 million hospital in west Omaha. Madonna CEO Marsha ...
Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law, saying it would...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska will see a cut in federal Medicaid funding in the upcoming state budget, forcing lawmakers to m...
A University of Nebraska Medical Center study has found that Nebraska lacks primary care doctors throughout the state, and th...
Eight cases of flu are confirmed in Lincoln. The local health department says flu activity has begun to increase with the las...
Creighton University Economist Dr. Ernie Goss believes lawmakers will get something done before heading off the impending &qu...
Pain medication addiction is reaching epidemic levels in Nebraska. University of Nebraska Medical CenterAssistant Psychiatry ...
The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce isconcerned about a possible legislative proposal to divert some new road funding to expand ...
Governor Dave Heineman is submitting a "Nebraska Option" for the "Essential Health Benefit"package under ...
The latest Mid-America Business Condition Index is slowing down, according to Creighton University economist Dr. Ernie Goss.H...
On September 29, when Nebraska plays Wisconsin in Lincoln, thousands of Husker fan will be wearing the same shirt to benefit ...
Nebraska head football coach Bo Pelini says he has a clean bill of health.Pelini said yesterday at his weekly news conference...
University of Nebraska Medical Center administrators say the federal health care law will cost its two Omaha hospitals millio...
Expanding medicaid coverage would have a huge impact on Nebraska according to a new report by the health policy arm of the Un...
Expanded medicaid coverage remains off the table...as Governor Heineman announces informal health insurance exchange meetings...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's chief medical officer is warning young athletes about the dangers of suffering a concussi...
Drought conditions could contribute to more West Nile Virus cases.Nebraska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joann Schaefer tells KLI...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new university report shows the number of Nebraska residents without health insurance surged between 2...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The state of Nebraska has terminated agreements to provide child care payments to two Omaha child care cen...
Medicaid Director Vivianne Chaumont was not invited to attend yesterday's legislative health care planning meeting.The Go...
Governor Heineman tells state lawmakers in a letter yesterday that he will not consider expanding Medicaid coverage.Heineman ...
Governor Heineman tells state lawmakers in a letter yesterday that he will not consider expanding Medicaid coverage.Heineman ...
Gov. Dave Heineman is warning Nebraska lawmakers that he will oppose any efforts to expand Medicaid coverage in the wake of t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The final living unit of a state-run center for the developmentally disabled is now eligible to receive ...
Fireworks are a fun tradition, but can be dangerous.Ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas Graul tells KLIN News, fireworks account for 1...
Nebraska was one of 26 states challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law.Governor Dave Heineman said yes...
Later this morning, the nine Supreme Court justices will make public their decision on President Barack Obama's health ca...
Nebraska is preparing in the event the U.S. Supreme Court upholds President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.Officials...
Nebraska's rural economy continues to grow...but Creighton University Economist Dr. Ernie Goss tells KLIN News his latest...
Head injuries are being studied in partnership between the Big Ten and the Ivy League... and UNL is playing a key role.Develo...
Debate began in the U.S. Senate yesterday on the new Agriculture Reform Bill.Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns said on the floor ...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is offering fans and financial assistance to help low-income residents c...
Nebraska U.S. Senate hopefuls Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey have agreed to a campaign debate at the State Fair in Grand Island.T...
Blue Cross Blue Shield has lost a round in the legal fight over who runs Nebraska's employee health care system but the i...
The city of Lincoln is ready to launch a 4-week program to encourage young, talented people to stay in Lincoln.Lincoln Chambe...
Governor Dave Heineman and state officials are encouraging Nebraskans to visit Farmer's Markets this summer.Assistant Dir...
St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center and the Nebraska Heart Institute and Heart Hospital are combining forces with Lincoln F...
Yesterday was the official day to celebrate “Memorial Day”, a day set aside to honor and remember our veterans wh...
(AP) A Swiss pharmaceutical company has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it is recalling a supply of a let...
(AP) A new report by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shows an ongoing health disparity between minority ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will not immediately turn over to federal authorities its supply of a drug used during leth...
A bill that would extend prenatal care to undocumented residents in Nebraska received final passage in the legislature.It pas...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska bill that would require parityfor insurance coverage of cancer drugs has won final approval f...
Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the president signed the federal health care overhaul into law. Groups are still arg...
The flu season is finally here....But national health officials say it is the slowest start in nearly 25 years. Nebraska Epid...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state of Nebraska is switching health care providers, in a move that will save an estimated $8 m...
Health, faith, and education groups from across Nebraska gathered at the state capitol rotundaTuesday to urge lawmakers to ma...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska President J.B.Milliken says a proposal to expand the university's medicalfaci...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have killed a bill thatwould have allowed the partners of people with chlamydia orgon...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska is asking for$91 million from the state's reserve fund to help pay for fo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska would establish a state-basedhealth benefit exchange under new legislation that would help thes...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraskans who participated in a healthylifestyles program last year lost a combined total of 34,000poun...
An employee suffered minor injuries, following an afternoon robbery at Moore Pawn Shop on 16th and M Street yesterday. Lincol...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Health care providers that serve Nebraska are urging lawmakers to enact a state-based insurance exchange...
At least 20 percent of the child deaths in 2007 and 2008 in Nebraska were preventable. The Nebraska Department of Health and ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Seward doctor is denying claims that hercare contributed to the overdose deaths of at least five peopl...
One of the nation’s most outstanding colleges in its field is located right here in Lincoln, and yet we tend to be igno...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has sided withthe University of Nebraska Medical Center in a malpractice case...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Medicaid has refunded nearly$169,000 to the federal government after an audit found imprope...
Chronic pain is not understood nor treated adequately. Those are among the findings of a national committe. Member of that co...
The Lincoln People's City Mission Free Medical Clinic is seeing record numbers of patients. Pastor Tom Barber tells KLIN News...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a billthat would require a physician to administer abortion drugs topat...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would create specific criminal penalties for anyone whostri...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill that would prevent doctors from using remote telemedicine systems to administer abortion drugs is...
A 50-year-old Lincoln man is alive to run another marathon after on-lookers at Sunday's Lincoln Marathon helped save his life...
A 50-year-old Lincoln man is alive to run another marathon after on-lookers at Sunday's Lincoln Marathon helped save his life...
A 50-year-old Lincoln man is alive to run another marathon after on-lookers at Sunday's Lincoln Marathon helped save his life...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have overridden Gov.Dave Heineman's veto of a bill that would help nursing homes offs...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have grantedsecond-round approval to a bill that would help offer grants andloans to ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new report finds some Nebraskans arehealthier than others because of where they live. The report by th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a billthat would grant people with past mental health problems the chan...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey is defending fellow Democrat Ben Nelson's U.S. Sena...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman predicts a bill to more than triple Nebraska's cigarette tax to $2 a pack won't survive this year's s...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman has announced that the first of five facilities within the Beatrice State Developmental Center is now...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman has announced that the first of five facilities within the Beatrice State Developmental...
(AP) State lawmakers are scheduled to debate a bill that would eliminate temporary mental illness as a defense for accused cr...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lawmakers have advanced from second-rounddebate a bill that would create a real-time database of drugpre...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two proposals aimed at derailing all orparts of the federal health care overhaul law are going on theleg...
(AP) A Nebraska woman says she was denied the ability to end her non-viable pregnancy because of a state law that bans aborti...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill togive adoptive parents access to state files on the child they're...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Legislature has passed aproposal to allow mothers to breast-feed in public view. Lawmakers ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill that would give adoptive parentsaccess to state files on the child they're adopting is a stepclos...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Midwives have the support of the NebraskaLegislature. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill to keep h...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers are holding hearings on several bills to reduce gaps in health insurance coverage in the state. A bil...
A group of Republican Governors have sent a letter to President Obama demanding he speed up review of the 2 lawsuits challeng...
A new survey shows contrasting views on the cause of poverty in Nebraska. Roger Furrer with Community Action of Nebraska tell...
The matter of Health Care Reform is sure to occupy a great deal of Congressional time this year.The Republicans seem set on o...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Legislature has advanced ameasure to keep hospitals from barring all certified nurse midwiv...
Nebraska 1st District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry voted in favor of repealing the health care reform law yesterday. The Cong...
(AP) The Nebraska Attorney General's Office collected more than $6.4 million for Medicaid violations in 2010. A release from ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Welfare recipients and applicants would besubjected to drug testing before they could collect cash benef...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - One state lawmaker is pushing to see thestate abandon daylight saving time. Sen. Ken Schilz, of Ogallala...
A study that linked a childhood vaccine to autism has been determined to have been a fraud. University of Nebraska Medical Ce...
With almost 32 percent of Nebraska children considered overweight, the Nebraska Medical Association is leading an effort to a...
Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler recognized 3 Lincoln Electic System technicians for their heroism that saved the lives of 5 peopl...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraskans with development disabilitieswho get state services will soon have more programs to choose fr...
(AP) - Nebraska authorities have fined a Lincoln doctor for improper prescriptions. According to a settlement reached last mo...
The final days of the Congressional lame-duck session have gotten more complicated with the introduction of a $1.2 Trillion s...
The final days of the Congressional lame-duck session have gotten more complicated with the introduction of a $1.1-Trillion s...
The final days of the Congressional lame-duck session have gotten more complicated with the introduction of a $1.1-Trillion s...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning applauds a ruling on a Virginia challenge to the Federal Health Care law. Bruning tells...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman has told two members of Nebraska's Foster Care Review Board that they won't be reappointed in 2011. B...
Bryan LGH Medical Center West announces an alliance with Celerion. Bryan CEO Kim Russel says they will provide a dedicated wi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska will get more than $2.2 millionfrom a settlement with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline over substandar...
(AP) Nebraska health officials are encouraging residents to get a seasonal flu shot before holiday gatherings are in full swi...
(AP) A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher has been awarded $1.35 Million to continue his study of a possible link betw...
(AP) A coalition of public health programs has ranked Nebraska 26th in the nation in funding programs to keep children from s...
Lincolnites can now be notified of a "First Call" emergency on their cell phones. Lancaster County Emergency Manage...
Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He ha...
(AP) U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says Nebraska educators don't have to choose between education funding and health care, as the stat...
Local Boy and Cub Scouts will stake out in Lincoln's 5 HyVee locations asking for care package donations. The 11th Support Ou...
(AP) A Nebraska hospital has been honored for its efforts to promote organ donation. BryanLGH Medical Center West in Lincoln ...
A New study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says schools that ban junk food during mealtime see a significant reducti...
The Lincoln Children's Zoo welcomed hundreds of costumed children last night as the annual Boo at the Zoo kicked off. Over 30...
(AP) The State Foster Care Review Board is criticizing ongoing reforms to Nebraska's child welfare system. In a letter sent F...
(AP) The Nebraska division of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has ponied up thousands of dollars to buy fiv...
A drug raid at an apartment near 8th and G results in the confiscation of 33 grams of meth...several hydrocodone and esctasy ...
Lincoln famous Elvis impersonator Joseph Hall will make an appearance on wednesday to help the fight against breast cancer. T...
Starting next month, the first of four Health and Human Service call centers will be open across the state to help residents ...
(AP) The federal health care overhaul is drawing mixed reviews from Nebraska health care professionals. The Legislature's Hea...
(AP) The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is asking state wards nearing the age of independence to complete a...
Lincoln City Councilwoman Jayne Snyder has announced that she has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She told KLIN'sDrive...
About 700 tea party enthusists gathered in the Lancaster Event Center yesterday for the "Restore America Rally." On...
(AP) Federal officials say Nebraska and the Dakotas will each get $1 million to help the states establish a health insurance ...
(AP) A Nebraska lawmaker has announced a website that will give Nebraskans a chance to suggest how the new federal health car...
(AP) Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will receive the Ambassador of Hope Award from the University of Nebraska Med...
Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done foundation donated more than a million dollars to open a new state of the art rehabilitation...
(AP) Nebraska will be getting a $3.2 million share of a $520 million federal settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer Astr...
Local Tea Party enthusists have plan to attend a Restore America Rally this Sunday at the Lancaster Event Center. One of the ...
(AP) Nebraskans are being invited to tour the Lincoln Regional Center one day next month as part of an effort to reduce the s...
(AP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given Nebraska good marks on its preparedness for public health emerg...
Lincoln Fire and Rescue was called to Lincoln's VA Hospital around 7:30 this morning. There were reports of smoke the hospita...
Yesterday, Nebraska was awarded more than $926,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide energy as...
(AP) A nationwide study shows money that Nebraska spends on smoking cessation programs can lead to savings later. The cost-be...
(AP) Latest U.S. Census numbers show the rates of Nebraskans living in poverty and without health insurance has dropped, even...
An expert on Medicaid is slamming a report commissioned by the state of Nebraska that predicts federal health care reform wil...
Nebraska's pharmacy licensing board has rejected a request to reclassify marijuana so that it can be used for medicinal purpo...
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