Posted: 7:07 PM A proposed work-subsidy program aimed at Nebraskans who qualify for welfare is headed to a final vote in the Legislature.

Posted: 7:05 PM A Nebraska bill that would expand protections for human trafficking victims has won first-round approval from lawmakers.

Posted: 3:07 PM A Nebraska tax measure that could benefit high-tech start-up companies and uninsured medical patients is headed to a final vote in the Legislature.

Updated: 9:33 PM The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request for next year and other expenses emerged on Tuesday.

Posted: 8:23 PM Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has used a line-item veto to strike $200,000 from the state budget that was approved for an Omaha golf tournament.

Posted: 8:14 PM A bill designed to attract large wind-energy farms to Nebraska is headed to a final vote in the Legislature. Lawmakers gave second-round approval Tuesday to the bill, which would extend sales tax exemptions to wind-energy companies.

Posted: 3:30 PM The state's Judicial Resources Commission has forwarded the names of seven candidates for the governor to consider for a vacant county court judgeship in Lincoln.

Updated: 6:14 AM Roy Christensen, Lerion Gaylor Baird and Trent Fellers are the new faces of the Lincoln City Council. Monday night, it was finally time for the campaigning to end and the action to begin.

Posted: 6:11 AM Nebraska lawmakers are forging ahead slowly this year with the state budget, a new school funding formula, and an overhaul of juvenile services, but some of the most contentious priorities will likely have to wait.

Posted: 7:00 AM Lawmakers are slated to vote again on a failed attempt to repeal a Nebraska city sales tax law.

Posted: 6:53 AM A proposal to increase mental health services for children throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers.

Updated: 5:32 AM A proposal to repeal Nebraska's motorcycle helmet law will wait until next year.

Posted: 7:06 AM Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.

Updated: 9:00 AM About five times a year, Mike Foley steps to the podium with an announcement that most always makes people mad. As the auditor of public accounts, he keeps track of your tax dollars.

Updated: 5:38 AM Supporters of a Nebraska Medicaid bill are urging residents to contact their state senators directly, to try to bring the measure to a vote in the Legislature.

Updated: 9:18 PM Last year Congress' attempt at a farm bill failed when the House of Representatives never scheduled a vote on their final version. Now lawmakers in Washington have taken the first steps toward a 2013 Farm Bill.

Posted: 7:45 PM The Grand Island City Council had a busy Tuesday meeting, approving two multi-million dollar sewer projects and a grant that could fund new police hires.

Updated: 7:47 PM A bill designed to help fight wildfires in rural Nebraska has advanced to a final legislative vote.

Posted: 10:38 AM Lawmakers have given final approval to a funding bill that divides state aid among Nebraska's large and small public schools.

Posted: 9:10 AM Omaha voters have elected the city's first female mayor. Councilwoman Jean Stothert on Tuesday received 58 percent of votes to beat incumbent Mayor Jim Suttle, who received 41 percent.

Updated: 6:30 PM Holdrege Public School officials hope to use the money to consolidate three elementary school buildings into one new one.

Posted: 5:06 PM Nebraska lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto on a public-school retirement bill.

Updated: 4:26 AM Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Posted: 11:41 AM Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has been fined $19,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance laws during his run for U.S. Senate last year.

Updated: 6:57 PM A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is dead for the year.