Posted: 7:10 PM Gov. Dave Heineman is traveling to Minnesota this weekend for a conference that seeks to boost Japan's relationship with Midwestern U.S. states.

Posted: 9:17 PM Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Friday that he's given Mitt Romney some personal advice: talk more about yourself.

Posted: 8:44 PM A Kansas man says he's dropping his objection to President Barack Obama being listed on the state's November ballot.

Posted: 7:12 AM Gov. Dave Heineman wants to know why the University of Nebraska is asking local governments in Omaha to help pay for a $323 million cancer research center.

Updated: 6:54 AM Nebraska has far more cattle than people, so maybe it's not surprising that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer stresses her rural background.

Posted: 6:09 AM The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to attend a private fundraising reception in the Omaha area.

Updated: 11:20 AM State Sen. Brenda Council has apologized for misusing more than $60,000 in campaign donations at casinos and filing false reports to conceal it.

Updated: 7:22 AM Barack Obama goes airborne in a doozy of a bear hug with a pizza guy in Florida.

Posted: 6:26 AM Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey will meet in a third debate for U.S. Senate that will be broadcast on statewide public television, radio and online.

Updated: 10:59 AM From healthcare and education to the economy and the environment, your questions and concerns will be the foundation of our election coverage. Click in the story to post a comment about what issues matter to you.

Posted: 9:48 AM President Barack Obama says his administration has cut taxes on small business 18 times over the past four years.

Posted: 12:05 AM Health care has grabbed the spotlight in the presidential campaign today.

Posted: 5:14 PM Three civil rights organizations have entered the legal battle over an eastern Nebraska city's ordinance targeting illegal immigration.

Updated: 5:19 AM Young voters say they are informed on the Presidential Election because of social media outlets.

Posted: 7:26 AM First lady Michelle Obama says her husband has never forgotten how he started and knows what it's like for struggling families.

Posted: 3:22 PM Are Americans better off than before Barack Obama was elected president? That's a question being debated today by the presidential campaigns.

Posted: 4:09 PM Bob Kerrey is trying to make the biggest knock against him in his comeback campaign for U.S. Senate his candidacy's chief asset.

Posted: 6:49 AM Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey is seeking to secure a date for a televised debate -- with someone other than his Republican opponent.

Updated: 10:44 PM If a recall of the Grand Island mayor makes the ballot, the special election will cost the city up to $12,000.

Posted: 1:17 PM U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer spoke of her own record as a state senator and offered up criticism of President Barack Obama during her brief address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

Posted: 6:22 AM A nonpartisan group has launched a website to help Nebraska voters determine where candidates stand on the issues, even if the candidates didn't answer its pre-election survey.

Updated: 9:40 PM Grand Island Mayor Jay Vavricek has filed a defense statement in a petition drive seeking his recall.

Posted: 12:13 AM Nebraska U.S. Senate hopefuls Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey are squaring off this weekend in their first face-to-face debate of the campaign.

Posted: 5:42 AM Nebraska students who can't yet vote can begin gearing up for the chance to at least practice during the Nov. 2 general election.

Posted: 6:44 PM The FBI is investigating an Omaha man accused of threatening Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey in an email to a political action committee.