Posted: 6:01 AM The U.S. Department of Education plans to announce that two more states have won their bid to be relieved of some requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Law.

Posted: 11:19 AM Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey is stepping up his efforts to nudge Republican opponent Deb Fischer to accept an invitation to debate health care reform.

Posted: 8:01 AM Mitt Romney's wife says her husband is thinking about picking a woman to be on his ticket this fall.

Posted: 10:03 AM Nebraska's U.S. Senate candidates will be hitting parades and events, shaking hands and handing out campaign stickers in eastern Nebraska for the July Fourth holiday.

Updated: 9:44 PM The Environmental Protection Agency's use of airplanes to scour for signs of improper disposal of livestock waste has angered ranchers and some members of Congress.

Posted: 5:11 PM To date, the focus on the differences between GOP nominee Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey in Nebraska's U.S.

Posted: 8:18 AM Two Democratic National Convention delegates from Nebraska are asking President Barack Obama to return a piece of the state to a South Dakota Indian tribe.

Posted: 8:09 AM U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says he feels vindicated by the Supreme Court's opinion on the federal health care law-- mostly by its rejection of a provision to force states to expand Medicaid coverage.

Posted: 7:00 AM The Nebraska State Treasurer's office is holding a series of outreach events to help residents search for unclaimed property.

Updated: 10:32 PM The resignation of the city administrator has Grand Island outlining a plan to move forward.

Updated: 5:32 AM Nebraska officials say they're preparing to implement a state-based insurance exchange if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Updated: 5:58 AM The Environmental Protection Agency plans to hold a public meeting in western Nebraska to explain how it monitors feedlots for pollution.

Updated: 6:38 AM House Speaker John Boehner is telling rank and file Republicans not to gloat if the Supreme Court rules the health care law unconstitutional.

Posted: 5:38 AM Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale says candidate filing deadlines for some public offices are fast approaching.

Posted: 4:49 PM Governor Dave Heineman has announced a new look of the Nebraska's government website.

Posted: 3:35 PM The Nebraska Democratic Party will elect new leaders and set the party's platform at its state convention being held in Omaha this weekend.

Updated: 6:30 AM Congressman Adrian Smith is co-sponsoring a measure to stop the federal Environmental Protection Agency's aerial surveillance of agriculture operations, which have taken place in Nebraska and neighboring states.

Updated: 5:00 AM The Senate has passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that cuts farm subsidies and land conservation spending by about $2 billion a year.

Posted: 7:31 AM Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is fond of saying that the five-year farm policy bill is "not your father's farm bill."

Posted: 6:34 AM The new position of inspector general of Nebraska child welfare has been filled.

Posted: 5:45 AM Douglas County Democrats are calling on the resignation or removal of embattled county Election Commissioner Dave Phipps, but he says he plans to stay on the job.

Posted: 5:36 AM One of the Nebraska Democratic Party's newest offices is just blocks from Republican Senate candidate Deb Fischer's home in Valentine.

Updated: 5:53 PM The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.

Posted: 8:45 AM House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is predicting the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of the health care law by a 6-3 vote.

Posted: 8:04 AM Conservative group American Crossroads has spent nearly $300,000 for a new statewide television ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey.