OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska launched a federally funded aid program Monday for renters and landlords who have lost income due to the pandemic, but residents of the state's two largest counties...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts on Friday defended the state's decision to prioritize the elderly for coronavirus vaccination shots over people with underlying health conditions, noting that...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Top officials from all three branches of Nebraska government on Friday announced a new effort aimed at learning why the state prison population keeps growing and what they might...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska taxpayers who want to claim an income tax credit for some of the property taxes they paid have a new tool to help them calculate what they're owed.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska avoided another round of rolling power outages on Wednesday, but Gov. Pete Ricketts criticized the need for them at all this week, especially because they were partly...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state officials have told retail pharmacies and local public health agencies offering coronavirus vaccinations to give at least 90% of their doses to senior citizens,...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts has chosen an Iowa state government official to serve as the next director of the Nebraska Department of Transportation, the governor's office announced...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska City woman and lifelong Republican who unsuccessfully ran for the Nebraska Legislature is suing her own party, claiming the Nebraska GOP defamed her in ads and...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska should see at least 43 retail pharmacies participating in a new federal program to help provide coronavirus vaccinations, although state officials don’t have a good way...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could spend up to $20 million a year to expand high-speed internet service in rural areas under a proposal backed Monday by a diverse alliance of farm, business and...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska public health officials on Friday urged residents who received their first coronavirus vaccination shot to return for their second dose to get full immunity, saying...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is losing its top infectious disease expert to the private sector just as the state is working to distribute coronavirus vaccines.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is self-isolating from the public after he was exposed to someone over the weekend who tested positive for the coronavirus on...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will start issuing emergency supplemental nutrition benefits to people who qualify on Feb. 9, state officials said Monday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts pitched his proposed tax exemption for military retirees to a legislative committee on Friday, saying it would help Nebraska compete for them when they...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts on Monday defended Nebraska's approach to distributing coronavirus vaccines, saying the state won't redirect doses away from rural areas that are outpacing...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state employees have a new contract that includes pay raises for those who receive a satisfactory rating in their performance reviews.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are reserving the right to not meet as scheduled on Tuesday due to the expected armed protests at state capitols around the country.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday criticized the decision to impeach President Donald Trump a second time, saying it “serves no good purpose” and will further divide...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More than 40% of Nebraska's 90,000 health care workers have received the first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccine as the state ramps up distribution.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will take steps to ensure public safety at the state Capitol on Inauguration Day, Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday, although he noted that last week's rally in Lincoln...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday he's reasonably satisfied with the state's distribution of coronavirus vaccines despite a slowdown last month, but urged residents to...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers kicked off a new session Wednesday with plans to redraw the state's political districts and promises to minimize the dysfunction that has creeped into the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has been discovered in five states is probably in Nebraska as well, but officials haven't yet confirmed its presence, the...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska further relaxed the state's social distancing restrictions because the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus has continued to decline.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's corrections department will propose to lawmakers a new, $230 million prison to reduce chronic overcrowding that's likely to get worse, the agency's director said...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln doctor who works for the Nebraska National Guard expressed optimism Monday that the pandemic is nearing an end as vaccine shipments arrive, but he warned that the...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will get 11,900 additional doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine next week that will be used to treat residents and employees at the state's long-term care facilities,...

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — One Omaha suburb dropped its mask mandate 10 days after it took effect after the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in the state declined.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska received its first shipment of the new coronavirus vaccine on Monday and expects to get more than 100,000 doses this month to treat front-line health care workers,...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will relax its coronavirus restrictions Saturday after a recent decline in hospitalized patients, but state officials stressed that residents should still avoid crowded...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group that tried unsuccessfully to place a medical marijuana proposal on the November ballot will launch a new 2022 campaign to legalize the drug for recreational...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska plans to expand its coronavirus testing as part of an effort to bring more students to campus for in-person classes next semester, an official said...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents of Nebraska's long-term care facilities could soon get in-person visits from relatives or friends under a new program designed to help them during the pandemic, state...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could gets its first shipments of a coronavirus vaccine in less than two weeks if the proposed drug wins federal approval, but health care workers will be given first...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday he will extend Nebraska's current coronavirus restrictions through December as the number of residents hospitalized with COVID-19 dipped below...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Seven of Nebraska's 10 largest cities have imposed mask mandates to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, though Gov. Pete Ricketts has resisted ordering them to be worn...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Nebraska remains near record levels, but the total has remained relatively stable over the past week.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts warned at a press conference Monday that Nebraska could impose tighter social distancing restrictions within the next few days if...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts acknowledged Friday that state officials should have moved more quickly to interview people who contracted the coronavirus in recent weeks so they...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A prominent Nebraska infectious disease expert sounded the alarm Thursday about the state's surging coronavirus cases and called for a statewide mask mandate, a step Gov. Pete...