Updated: 5:36 PM Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law, saying it would reduce long-term health care costs for the state, counties and hospitals while giving more residents access to preventative care.
Posted: 6:52 AM A group of Nebraska lawmakers plans to announce a proposal to reorganize the state's juvenile justice system to treat more youths without sending them to detention centers.
Updated: 8:03 PM A state senator says law enforcement shouldn't be able to use drones as spy gear.
Posted: 7:35 PM Lawmakers have introduced two tax reform measures championed by Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman.
Posted: 5:08 PM A Nebraska lawmaker is proposing a state grant program and a task force that would help draw workers into job fields that are critical to the economy.
Updated: 2:34 PM The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committees says it's best to wait until after Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing before figuring out the votes for President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary.
Posted: 2:24 PM Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has gotten a new job: chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Updated: 6:40 AM State senator Jeremy Nordquist has introduced a bill to the legislature that would make it illegal for those under 18 to use a tanning bed. Nordquist says research links tanning bed use in adolescents to increased skin cancer rates.
Updated: 4:36 AM An electric crowd gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to witness the 57th Presidential Inauguration.
Updated: 9:39 PM President Barack Obama has prepared a second inaugural address that broadly lays out his vision for the country's future while leaving the details of the policy fights over taxes, guns, immigration and other divisive issues for another day.
Updated: 6:23 AM Lawmakers will consider a bill this year that would give Nebraska-based companies an edge over out-of-state companies when bidding on state contracts.
Posted: 7:48 AM Vice President Joe Biden has been sworn in to a second term.
Posted: 7:45 AM Mallory Hagan says her first week as Miss America has been amazing, but she's not sure she's going to Inauguration Day because of the weather.
Posted: 7:41 AM Monday is President Barack Obama's big day, but memories of Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities.
Posted: 8:04 AM Two Nebraska lawmakers want to clamp down on human trafficking and prostitution this year, introducing bills that would punish johns while protecting prostitutes from criminal prosecution.
Updated: 10:22 PM A new legislative bill could allow gun owners to keep firearms in their cars in the parking lot at work even if their employers' gun policies forbid it.
Updated: 7:25 AM Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to release more details about his plan to eliminate the state's individual and corporate income tax.
Updated: 7:20 AM In the middle of a bitter fight over a Republican president's nominee for defense secretary, a former White House occupant pleaded with senators to give the president his choice for the Pentagon job.
Updated: 7:25 AM A national tax-policy expert is urging Nebraska lawmakers to move cautiously as they prepare for a possible overhaul of the state's tax system.
Posted: 5:31 AM One senator wants to put an end to rapists' parental rights. Surprisingly, it's a law that's not on the books yet.
Updated: 5:42 AM Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill proposes LB 255 and LB 256 to continue an effort to stop human trafficking in the state
Posted: 6:31 AM Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican is expected to deliver his State of the Judiciary speech to lawmakers.
Posted: 6:18 AM Nebraska prisoners and jail inmates would have to provide a $10 co-payment for non-emergency health care each time they request it, under a new bill in the Legislature.
Updated: 4:51 AM LB18, known as the Healthcare Fairness Act would prohibit State Senators, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor, and the Attorney General from the state's healthcare plan.
Posted: 12:10 PM Newly sworn-in U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer says she's ready to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, but does not favor an option that would leave no troops in the country.
