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Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contribution is ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A fire chief who lost his job after being accused of theft has been jailed in southeast Nebraska.John Po...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that had accused the state of discriminating agai...
The first concert at the Pinnacle Bank Arena is only seven months away.As construction continues, arena operator SMG continue...
All Lincoln mail is now being processed in Omaha, even when it's being mailed to another Lincoln address. Lincoln Postmas...
(AP) Lawmakers have set a hearing for a bill that would prevent bosses from demanding access to private information within th...
(AP) The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat. Freddie Gray's resignation is expected to be discus...
(AP) A Nebraska lawmaker has moved to repeal a law that extends state-funded prenatal care services to illegal immigrants and...
Members of the Lincoln City Council and Mayor Chris Beutler have chosen four finalists to fill a vacant city council seat.Cou...
(AP) Nebraska's unemployment rate declined to 3.8 percent in October to remain one of the lowest rates in the nation. The...
Governor Dave Heineman announced Thursday that Nebraska will not create a state-based health insurance exchange as part of th...
The latest Mid-America Business Condition Index is slowing down, according to Creighton University economist Dr. Ernie Goss.H...
The fountains were officially turned on at Union Plaza Park Thursday. Flipping the switch was Union Bank President Angie Muhl...
A former payroll manager at the Nebraska Book Company in Lincoln has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison after she ...
Mayor Chris Beutler says an investigation into the finances of the city's golf program found no criminal wrongdoing by tw...
Nebraska Appleseed describes Governor Dave Heineman's call for public meetings "a positive step" in health insu...
Expanded medicaid coverage remains off the table...as Governor Heineman announces informal health insurance exchange meetings...
The rule is now in effect, but the fight continues over the controversial HHS mandate for employers to offer insurance plans ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new university report shows the number of Nebraska residents without health insurance surged between 2...
The director of Nebraska's insurance department is trying to assure lawmakers that the state has made progress in its eff...
Mayor Beutler announced today that he is appointing Interim Police Chief Jim Peschong and Interim Fire Chief John Huff to cit...
Mayor Beutler announced today that a local firm will audit the city's golf program including its system of financial cont...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven states that sought to block a contraception coverage rule within the f...
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...
An Omaha employer has been charged in a federal indictment with two counts of failing to pay taxes withheld from his employee...
Nebraskans who are on unemployment are expected to lose some extended benefits starting this week.The federal government is p...
Lincoln Public School teachers will receive a 2.5 percent salary hike and benefits next year following last night's schoo...
The City of Lincoln will stop offering a 2-to-1 retirement match for new civilian city employees.City Councilman Doug Emery s...
University of Nebraska Regents haveapproved extending employee benefits to non-married partners, including same-sex couples. ...
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 has settled a claim filed by the family of a worker who was fatally crushed by a 1,200 pound lawn mower i...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska regents will again consider whether to extended employee benefits to same-sex par...
A 33 year old Lincoln man is arrested in connection with the embezzlement of jet fuel over a two month period from Silver Haw...
Governor Dave Heineman is encouraging the mayors and city councils of both Omaha and Lincoln to put their ordinances protecti...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the city of Omaha's 2.5 percent dining tax on a...
Nebraska's unemployment rate dropped in April to its lowest point since December of 2008. The state Department of Labor s...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An audit has found that Nebraska's state employee health insurance program is one of the country'...
Leading economists say hiring for the rest of this year won't be as strong as during early 2012. But they say there'l...
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith is welcoming the U.S. Labor Department's decision to withdraw a proposed rule designed ...
Finding jobs for current and former military and service members and their spouses is the goal of a Hiring our Heroes Fair to...
In the last few weeks, we have all seen what damage can be caused by overactive bureaucrats and regulators. The example is so...
Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the president signed the federal health care overhaul into law. Groups are still arg...
(AP) - A scaled-back version of Governor DaveHeineman's tax cut plan has advanced out of a legislativecommittee. But Demo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Seven states are asking a federal judge toblock an Obama administration mandate that requires birth cont...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state of Nebraska is switching health care providers, in a move that will save an estimated $8 m...
A move by Health and Human Services requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their workers has come u...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning tells KLIN News thathis office will coordinate a legal challenge against a requirementi...
(AP) - City officials say it could take a month to pick up all the fallen tree limbs that succumbed to last weekend's sto...
Two Nebraska Senators are responding to President Barak Obama's State of the Union address last night.Senator Mike Johann...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - State labor authorities say Nebraska'sunemployment rate remained steady in December at 4.1 percent,unc...
LINCOLN, Neb (AP) - The state of Nebraska would have full authority to create a uniform employment discrimination policyunder...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska would establish a state-basedhealth benefit exchange under new legislation that would help thes...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State officials say an employee at the Beatrice State Developmental Center was suspended after showing p...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - More than 400 current and former NebraskaState Troopers have filed a lawsuit alleging that state officia...
Nebraska Democrat U.S. Senator Ben Nelson adamantly disagrees with Nebraska's Republican delegation that contends extending t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Labor is suing aLincoln property management company for underpaying its employees...
The U.S. House of Represenatives passed the extension of payroll tax cuts last night. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry tells KLIN...
Nearly everyone complains about the amount of government regulation, and the cost of it. The amount of money spent by industr...
Police are looking for thieves who broke into a kiosk in the Westfield Gateway Mall early Tuesday morning. Officer Katie Floo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Governor Dave Heineman wants to combine thestate departments of economic development and labor to improv...
ESPN is reporting Nebraska's defensive coordinator Carl Pelini has verbally accepted the head coaching job at Florida Atlanti...
(AP) A new state audit shows Department of Revenue employees received free meals, movie tickets and admission to a golf tourn...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's preliminary unemployment rateremained stable in October at 4.2 percent, unchanged from therev...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's 4.2 percent unemployment ratefor September marks the third straight month without a change in...
It is distressing to see that Social Security, possibly the best piece of new legislation to come out of Roosevelt’s &l...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly report shows Nebraska'sunemployment rate remained unchanged from last month, coming in at4...
While the major discussion for the last few months has been on deficit reduction and debt limit increases, another issue has ...
While the major discussion for the last few months has been on deficit reduction and debt limit increases, another issue has ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska insurance officials say they lack federal guidance on important aspects of the new national hea...
While the city is heading for a property tax increase, the county budget will not be an additional burden on taxpayers. Commi...
Kawasaki is showing off its new rail car testing center at its production plant in Lincoln. The $40 million facility incl...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state says Nebraska's unemployment ratewas unchanged in June, matching the May figure of 4.1 percent...
A thief was stopped from burglarizing more stores in the Haymarket by an employee working late at the Haymarket Theatre. The ...
If I could address the current debt crisis in America, I would consider these steps:1.Slash government expenditures, includin...
Union College is announcing plans for a $20 million project, including a new $14 millionscience and math facility. Un...
Lincoln Public Schools has announced a 2nd location to house displaced district workers. Earlier this week, the Lincoln City ...
Just one week after their administrative office burned to the ground, around 100 Lincoln Public School employees are beginnin...
It is a new era at the Lincoln Police Department. The Police Chief is no longer Tom Casady as the veteran law enforcement off...
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - An attorney for the Nebraska city of Fremont is hailing a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding an Arizo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced acollective bargaining compromise that preserves public workerrights to...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will veto a billto reform the Nebraska panel that resolves public sector labo...
(AP) As lower unemployment rates and fewer bankruptcies and foreclosures reduced the nation's economic stress in March, Nebra...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers have advanced the largest overhaul of the state's collective bargaining system in decades. Senators b...
A 37 year old Ashland womanwas arrested for identity theft and criminal impersonation. Officer Katie Flood says Jeannette Joh...
(AP) Nebraska's unemployment rate hit 4.2 percent in March, down a tenth of a point from the February figure of 4.3 percent. ...
The debate over reforming the Commission of Industrial Relations is taking a twist with the state teachers' union proposing a...
The battle is stepping up over the Commission of Industrial Relations. The state's largest teachers union says they may lead ...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman says proposed reforms to a Nebraska commission that resolves public labor disputes don't go far enoug...
(AP) Reports of housing discrimination in Lincoln doubled in 2010 over the previous year. A new report from the Lincoln Commi...
(AP) Federal inspectors are trying to find out why three maintenance workers were exposed to higher than expected radiation l...
(AP) Kawasaki says it will laying off 115 workers from its manufacturing plant in Lincoln for at least a month because of a p...
(AP) A Nebraska commission that resolves disputes between public workers and employers will have stricter rules to follow und...
The Lincoln City Council has voted unanimously to reduce the retirement package for future top city officials. City departmen...
The Lincoln City Council has voted unanimously to reduce the retirement package for future top city officials. City departmen...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's unemployment rate remained the second-lowest in the nation in February when it registered 4.3...
Duncan Aviation announces ten million dollar paint expansion plans for its Lincoln facility. Chair Todd Duncan says they are ...
Lincoln City Councilman Jon Camp tells KLIN News he will introduce a one-to-one retirement match for the Mayor, mayoral aides...
Imperial State Senator Mark Christensen wants to make enforcement of the Federal Health Care Reform Law a felony. The state l...
A Lancaster County employees union suggests a one year freeze on wages, salaries and benefits to county commissioners. Union ...
Total Manufacturing Company in Lincoln is being recognized by Mayor Beutler for finding a way to grow during tough economic t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's unemployment rate declinedslightly to 4.2 percent in January, and remained the second-lowesti...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two proposals aimed at derailing all orparts of the federal health care overhaul law are going on theleg...
You may check your facebook, send private emails, or even shop while at work. A bill from Senator Berk Harr of Omaha before t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Small-government advocates are urging Nebraska lawmakers to reform a state commission can set public emp...
(AP) Eight workers at a soybean processing plant in Lincoln have been taken to area hospitals following a brief gas leak at t...
(AP) It appears Nebraska will soon join five other states in restricting private health insurance coverage of abortions. Nebr...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Eight workers at a soybean processing plantin Lincoln have been taken to area hospitals following a brie...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have rejected a measure that would have provided health insurance coverage for victim...
(AP) The Nebraska Legislature is set to debate a bill that would restrict private health insurance coverage of abortions. The...
Lincoln City Council members will discuss a proposed change in the retirement benefits for city department heads and mayoral ...
Mayor Chris Beutler announces that he is ordering a one-half percent reduction in the salaries of city department directors a...
(AP) A legal fight over an eastern Nebraska city's ordinance that bans hiring or renting to illegal immigrants isn't likely t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are considering twobills to reduce gaps in health insurance coverage in the state. On...
(AP) Public meetings will be held across Nebraska to solicit information and opinions about the state's options for developin...
(AP) A slew of measures are taking aim at collective bargaining and a state commission that handles labor disputes - and labo...
Lincoln now has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. The latest figures released yesterday by the U-S Bureau of Labor ...
(AP) City workers in Lincoln can longer accept most gifts under a new executive order by Mayor Christ Beutler. Yesterday, May...
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Florida says the Obama administration's health overhaul is unconstitutional, siding...
(AP) Outdoor outfitter Cabela's plans to expand its Lincoln banking operation and hire 400 more people over the next 5 years....
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State officials say Nebraska's unemploymentrate inched down to 4.4 percent in December, the second-lowes...
Nebraska 1st District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry voted in favor of repealing the health care reform law yesterday. The Cong...
(AP) An Atlanta-based security firm is opening a regional office in Omaha. All(n)1 Security Services announced the office on ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Lincoln assisted-living center hassettled a federal lawsuit filed after the center refused to employa ...
The new federal health care reform act allows for states to use tax dollars to set up public insurance exchanges to provide h...
(AP) Nebraska is raising its maximum payout for unemployment benefits. State Labor Commissioner Catherine Lang says the weekl...
Mayor Chris Beutler says Lincoln is joining in a effort to change the Commision of Industrial Relations.Some City Councilmemb...
(AP) A national group has given Nebraska an award recognizing the health benefits of its wellness program for state employees...
(AP) The Nebraska Supreme Court says a worker fired from the state penitentiary in Lincoln can claim unemployment benefits. T...
The Lancaster County Board Commissioners have decided to forgo a salary increase for elected officials and other department h...
(AP) Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law say it will expand the government's powers in dangerous...
The Lincoln City Council has approved a6 percent raise for Lincoln firefighters as part of the latest contract negotiations. ...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning applauds a ruling on a Virginia challenge to the Federal Health Care law. Bruning tells...
(AP) A former state worker who claimed he was unjustly fired for refusing to create a computer program that would have blocke...
One state senator is proposing to join more than 30 other states opting out of an abortion clause in the federal health care ...
While the President and members of congress appear to have brokered a deal on Bush-Era tax cuts and unemployment, but the fat...
Hiring looks to be down in the upcoming quarter according to Manpower Spokeswoman Jessica McCormick. She refers to the latest...
The Lincoln area again has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. The October unemployment rate in the Lincoln ...
(AP) Lincoln will get 80 new federal jobs to check the immigration status of workers in Nebraska and across the United States...
Nebraska U.S. Republican Senator Mike Johanns says that he will support extending unemployment benefits in the short term. He...
(AP) U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson has put job creation, extension of tax cuts and reduction of the federal deficit at the top of his ...
(AP) Businesses and other employers added jobs in 41 states in October, the best showing in 5 months, the Labor Department sa...
Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He ha...
(AP) A Lincoln man will stand trial over allegations he tried to hire a hit man to maim or kill a former roommate. Documents ...
(AP) U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says Nebraska educators don't have to choose between education funding and health care, as the stat...
A newly approved salary freeze for state union workers could save the state $10 Million a year. Nebraska Association of Publi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The head of an Omaha nonprofit that helps blind people find jobs is denying lawsuit allegations that it tr...
(AP) An Omaha nonprofit that helps blind people find jobs is accused of discriminating against its own blind workers. The Nat...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha nonprofit that helps blind peoplefind jobs is accused of discriminating against its own blindwork...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's state education commissioner isasking Department of Education employees to take a day off - e...
(AP) The state has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing about 10,500 Nebraska state workers over an antici...
(AP) The federal health care overhaul is drawing mixed reviews from Nebraska health care professionals. The Legislature's Hea...
Lincoln is a great place to raise your child...in fact Lincoln is the 3rd bestcity in the nation according Parent Magazine. R...
(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) Nebraska's unemployment rate continues to improve, coming in at 4.6 percent in August. The state Labor Department said T...
The Lincoln City Council has voted to raise the Mayor's salary, but in a different way than previously proposed. League of Ne...
(AP) Latest U.S. Census numbers show the rates of Nebraskans living in poverty and without health insurance has dropped, even...
