Posted: 3:09 PM Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey is now a Nebraska homeowner again.

Posted: 10:14 AM The Nebraska Panhandle city of Gering eliminated a new lodging tax before it could go into effect this summer because nearby cities didn't adopt a similar tax.

Posted: 10:11 AM U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey will now speak at the American Legion Cornhusker Boys and Girls State in Lincoln after a proposed debate with Republican candidate Deb Fischer failed to materialize.

Updated: 2:01 PM A panel has selected seven nominees to Gov. Dave Heineman to fill a district judge vacancy in the 4th Judicial District.

Posted: 12:50 PM Nebraska's governor says city ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to public votes.

Posted: 11:08 AM The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend his quarter-century in the business world.

Posted: 11:03 AM Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure."

Posted: 11:00 AM A conservative-leaning independent group is launching a $10 million television ad campaign saying President Barack Obama has not lived up to the expectations voters had for him.

Posted: 7:05 AM The Lincoln City Council has closed loopholes that let Occupy protesters maintain their encampment on Centennial Mall for almost seven months.

Posted: 6:33 AM It doesn't look like Nebraskans will see a debate between U.S. Senate candidates Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey early next month.

Posted: 7:44 PM Republican Senate nominee Deb Fischer has turned down an invitation to what would have been the first debate with Democratic nominee Bob Kerrey.

Posted: 12:35 PM The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards has resumed deliberations in North Carolina following a weekend break.

Posted: 12:22 PM Dozens of Roman Catholic dioceses, schools and other institutions are suing the Obama administration over a mandate that most employers provide birth control coverage.

Posted: 12:06 PM President Barack Obama says the NATO alliance agrees on a vision for post-2014 Afghanistan and is pressing world leaders to implement that strategy following a decade of war.

Posted: 12:02 PM President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is keeping up its effort to paint Mitt Romney as a job-destroying corporate raider at Bain Capital.

Posted: 7:19 AM Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is heading to a meeting with his fellow governors in Washington.

Posted: 10:12 PM Confrontation at the NATO Summit in Chicago calms down following a protest march breaking out.

Posted: 9:45 AM President Barack Obama says he and leaders of seven other major industrial nations are focusing on economic concerns during discussions at Camp David.

Posted: 7:53 AM U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns and Ben Nelson are scheduled to appear together at an aviation rally in Lincoln.

Posted: 7:06 AM A new political ad attacking Democratic Senate candidate Bob Kerrey is hitting Nebraska airwaves.

Posted: 6:50 AM The Republican and Democratic candidates for Nebraska's open U.S. Senate seat are wasting no time in reaching out to state residents in the wake of their primary victories.

Updated: 5:03 AM We know who's going to be on the US Senate ballot in November, now what does that mean for voters the candidates are trying to win over?

Posted: 7:36 PM The race in November will prove to be a tight contest for control of the United States Senate.

Posted: 4:16 PM Nebraska state legislator and Valentine rancher Deb Fischer has beat the odds to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Posted: 4:11 PM Nebraska's top election official says turnout for the primary topped 25 percent, and the percentage will grow once all provisional ballots are counted.