It's over. Or it will be soon. The on-again, off-again speculation over whether Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman will rock the political world with a surprise Senate bid ends today. Today is the deadline for incumbents, like Heineman, to file for office. He h

Earlier today, University of Nebraska Board of Regent Chuck Hassebrook announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. In his announcement, Hassebrook said that he would stand up against "rich and powerful interests" if elected to the U.S. Senate. The Democ

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An attorney for a Nebraska death row inmate asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to put his client's upcoming execution on hold while another court considers a motion to commute the sentence to life in prison without parole. Michae

LINCOLN — Condemned killer Michael Ryan asked a judge Monday to throw out his death sentence, arguing that the state intends to carry out the lethal injection using a stolen Swiss drug that fails to meet U.S. purity standards. Ryan also plans to ask the

Today's Lincoln Journal-Star reported that Jon Bruning, Don "Quixote" Stenberg and Deb Fischer won't name their preferred Republican Presidential candidate. Responding to a Journal-Star email survey, the three leading Republican Senatorial hopefuls said

LINCOLN, Neb. It's an open race with Nelson stepping down at the end of his current term. The Nebraska Farm Bureau invited the three pe