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Corn growers across the Midwest have made up for lost time in a big way from a slow start to planting season after a waterlog...
Gas prices are nearing record setting numbers. It's over $4 a gallon at some pumps in Lincoln, getting there by 10 an...
If you've ever played on one of the city's golf courses, such as the Highlands, Holmes, Mahoney and Pioneers.....or, ...
News broke last week that the IRS singled out conservation groups to review their tax documents. Groups with phrases or words...
A case of elder abuse in Lancaster County....Sheriff Terry Wagner says Brian Robinson and his ex-wife Carla Robinson were lod...
Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years. Lawmakers gave first-rou...
Sen. Ernie Chambers has argued for months that lawmakers don't need a law to study Nebraska's tax climate, and he'...
Lawmakers continue debate on the state's budget. Right now it's an $8 billion two-year proposal. The budget inclu...
Farmers in the nation's breadbasket who only recently were praying for an end to a withering drought are now pining for e...
Regardless of your golf handicap and if you can grow facial hair or not, you can participate in one of the Golf Channel's...
A 2-point slip in the monthly economic index for nine Midwestand Plains states, including Nebraska. The Mid-America Business ...
State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child th...
Delays are pushing up the cost of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. TransCanada had been sticking to its late 2014 or early 2015 ...
U.S. Senators are currently debating legislation that will put brick-and-mortar stores on equal tax footing with online vendo...
Lincoln's Novartis Pharmaceuticals Plant will lose 300 jobs over the next two years. The company announced the cutback to...
The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development has won an award for creating jobs in Lincoln. President Wendy Birdsall says...
An all-day meeting starts at Noon Thursday in Grand Island on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. It's the last open public for...
There are at least 16,000 non-profit companies, limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies in Nebraskadel...
That person next to you looking at a dinette set at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha might be carrying a gun. As one of the b...
Nebraska's tax receipts in the month of March dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner reported Wednesday tha...
Supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline argue the oil will not be exported, but the ranking member of the House Subcommitt...
A text scam to tell you about. It claims to be from Union Bank and Trust, but it's not. The text asks you to call a numbe...
Nebraska's state auditor says the wasteful state spending his office reported earlier this week is but a drop in the budg...
Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a measure that would give housing assistance to youths aging out of f...
Gasoline prices have dropped again. Super unleaded around Lincoln is now $3.42 a gallon. AAA Nebraska points out pump pri...
A very real looking news release from Bold Nebraska may have done more harm than good for the reputation of the grassroots gr...
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth fo...
Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori's postseason bonus would grow to more than $75,000 if the Cornhuske...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
The Lancaster County Republican Party wants Mayor Beutler and City Council member Gene Carroll to apologize to UN-L Regent Ti...
A new report says the value of Nebraska's farmland soared 25 percent last year despite the drought, but experts think val...
A Lincoln-based company accused of refusing to hire an Oklahoma man because of his religious beliefs has settled a discrimina...
How'd you like to go to jail for the night ??? Not because you've done anything wrong, but to raise money for KFOR...
For many Americans, personal financial management is a challenge. It can be a complex task requiring knowledge of investment ...
Nebraska's Second District Congressional Representative,Lee Terry, has introduced a bill to allow the Keystone XL oil pip...
State Auditor Mike Foley says the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services failed to collect more than $60,000 that...
Bogus letters are being reported from around the country claiming to be from Publishers Clearinghouse's International Lot...
Nebraska's net tax receipts in the month of February dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner's office re...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Wyoming man who was convicted of posing as a licensed car dealer and...
The Lincoln Independent Business Association has endorsed three candidates for City Council in the coming spring election. Th...
Investor Warren Buffett says last year was "subpar" for his company even after posting a 45 percent increase in pro...
The new conduit system recently installed in downtown Lincoln will be used by NebraskaLink, a Lincoln-based Internet provider...
Omaha Public Power District has issued a warning about a billing scam. People pretending to be from OPPD's billing depart...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is criticizing Congress and President Obama for across-the-board spending cuts rather than target...
Legislative hearings that were postponed for an Thursday's snowstorm will now be on March 5. Speaker of the Legislature G...
A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states suggests slow economic growth is ahead. A report released Thursday ...
American railroads are probably not in a hurry to see the Keystone X-L Pipeline approved. The amount of crude oil U.S. freigh...
There could have been some financial hanky-panky in yesterday's Berkshire hathaway deal. Federal regulators have alleged ...
Upper Great Plains states have the lowest home mortgage delinquency rates in the nation. Homeowners around the country who to...
A weekend bank robber didn't get out of the building; a customer held him down until police arrived. Capt. Michon Morrow ...
State forecasters are predicting modest economic and employment growth in Nebraska this year, and a pullback in farm incomes ...
The second day of tax reform hearings drew a smaller crowd today. Last night the hearing on L-B 405, the Governor's large...
The Revenue Committee hearing room at the state Capitol building overflowed with people waiting to testify on Governor Heinem...
A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose above a growth neutral level last month, pointing to slow gr...
Nebraska says a law that establishes a review process for a proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is constitutional. The state re...
American farmers and ranchers were borrowing more at the end of last year as their operating expenses and feed costs increase...
Public hearings have been scheduled for Gov. Dave Heineman's proposals to overhaul the state tax system. The Legislature&...
The Keystone XL pipeline is drawing lots of criticism in Nebraska, but TransCanada’s Shawn Howard wants to reiterate th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would lower the state's inheritance tax rates.Sen. Jo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care...
Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has a new job: chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
The Nebraska Department of Revenue says the statewide total of property taxes collected by counties increased nearly 4 percen...
The Nebraska Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged in December, matching the 3.7 perc...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce state income taxes.T...
A new survey of rural bankers suggests that growth in farmland prices, cash rents and farm equipment sales remain strong desp...
A central Nebraska ethanol plant is temporarily shutting down because of the unfavorable market for the corn-based fuel. Aben...
Governor Dave Heineman is calling for an overhaul of Nebraska's tax system, saying the state needs to get rid of its indi...
2012 was the best year for home sales in Lincoln in the last 5 years. Nicole Jensen with the Realtors Association of Lincoln ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing its final crop report for 2012, providing a glimpse of what last year's d...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing its final crop report for 2012, providing a glimpse o...
Nebraska lawmakers are taking aim at taxes in the first wave of bills introduced during this year's session.Lawmakers sub...
Nebraska collected nearly $42 million more than expected in taxes in December. Tax Commissioner Doug Ewald announced Thur...
Billionaire Warren Buffett says American banks are stronger than they've been in years, and won't derail the economy....
Don't be scared into paying a late electricity bill that isn't yours. The Lincoln Electric System has heard about a s...
A new office complex will soon go up on the southwest corner of P and Canopy Street, 2 blocks from the Pinnacle Bank Arena.Bu...
Governor Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition freeze at the Un...
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
"Could have been worse…" That's the reaction from Nebraska Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson to fiscal ...
Not since 2010 have gasoline prices been this low. Super Unleaded fuel prices are now under $3 a gallon. It's not a c...
The fiscal cliff vote in congress brought a reaction of "could have been worse" from Nebraska's largest farm gr...
Only one of Nebraska's House members voted for legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. Republican 1st District Congressman...
Organizations opposing the Keystone X-L Oil Pipeline may be stopping the pipeline, but not the flow of oil. Energy companies ...
Federal agriculture officials say Nebraska's hog inventory is down. The United States Department of Agriculture says in a...
A new survey of rural bankers shows that rising commodity prices and lower energy costs are helping businesses in Midwestern ...
Nebraska is getting settlement money from a multi-state agreement with 4 major tobacco companies involving a 10-year dispute ...
Concerns about cold temperatures mean the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will up the amount of water flowing into the lower Mis...
Lincoln is stuck in the middle of low gasoline prices. Omaha to the east and Grand Island to the west are seeing pump prices ...
The White House and Congressional Republicans are still negotiating about ways to bring the nation's budget deficit under...
A judge is allowing TransCanada to resume work on an oil pipeline being built on private property in Texas before a hearing n...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says it paid $1.2 billion to repurchase 9,200 Class A shares from the estate of a...
A Texas court has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is constructing part of an oil ...
A Nebraska political group has issued a new report predicting the Keystone X-L Pipeline will be a financial windfall. The Pla...
Retailers that sell prepaid cell phones and phone cards will have to collect a surcharge from new customers starting in Janua...
The Nebraska Department of Revenue is reporting $315 million in November net tax receipts, nearly 1 percent higher than s...
We've been hearing a lot about the approaching "fiscal cliff," but not very much about a solution. Senator Mike...
The Nebraska Tourism Commission has selected Kathy McKillip to be the agency's executive director. McKillip has been dire...
The Boone County Fairgrounds Event Center in Albion will be full tonight (Tuesday) with people who support and oppose the Key...
A YouTube video was released by Hannah Sabata of Stromsburg after she allegedly robbed a Waco bank and before the cops caught...
Electric bills will be going up in the coming year. The City Council has approved a 2.6% rate increase for the Lincoln Electr...
Nebraska's director of agriculture is visiting China this week to attract potential investors in farming, ranching and bi...
Lawmakers are looking for ways to replace the revenue that Nebraska counties would lose if the state's inheritance tax wa...
A 15-minute phone conversation last night between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is being followed by ...
Nebraskans are making the lowest mortgage payments in the nation. LendingTree, which runs an online market for mortgages and ...
The Ralston school board has agreed to offer buyouts to longtime teachers as part of its efforts to avert more severe budget-...
Congress is back in session, with negotiations resuming on the fiscal cliff. Among those paying close attention are Nebraska ...
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline spill in southeast Nebraska earlier this week that leaked as much as 150 gallons of gasoline...
Those testifying during Monday's Lincoln City Council public hearing on a proposed rate increase on your electric bill sa...
Mayor Beutler rejects 3 plans for renovating Pershing Center.Turning the 50-year-old auditorium into a downtown library would...
Nebraska's unemployment rate declined to 3.8 percent in October to remain one of the lowest rates in the nation. The prel...
Nebraska feedlots contained 2.48 million cattle as of Nov. 1, a slight increase over the previous year and the largest invent...
An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states has jumped for a third straight month, but the looming "...
An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states has jumped for a third straight month, but the looming "...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri also expressed concern about the Army Corps of Engineers' plan to ...
The fight over the Keystone XL oil Pipeline is picking up again as groups urge President Barack Obama to either approve or re...
Investor Warren Buffett has said there won't be a recession if Congress can't resolve the so-called fiscal cliff befo...
Investor Warren Buffett says there won't be a recession if Congress can't resolve the so-called fiscal cliff before t...
The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns th...
If you live in Omaha, you might see utility prices jump in the next month. The Omaha Public Power District is considering a g...
The Nebraska Public Power District's retirement plan says Wells Fargo misled it about the risks associated with a securit...
If you heat your home using electricity, throw on another blanket. You'll probably be paying more to keep warm. If you he...
The Nebraska Department of Revenue is reporting $228 million in October net tax receipts, an amount roughly in line with ...
Most Nebraskans will be paying more for electricity in 2013. The Nebraska Public Power District board voted Friday to raise i...
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade says it handled 19 percent fewer trades this October as economic uncertainty continued to both...
Warren Buffett's company says its third-quarter profit soared 72 percent because the value of its investments and derivat...
The Mid-America Business Conditions index released Thursday dropped to 46.5 last month from 50.4 in September. A score below ...
Another update on the Midwest's economy is due out this morning (Thursday). Creighton University economist Ernie Goss wil...
A preliminary 600-page report has been released on the oil pipeline that a Canadian company wants to build across Nebraska. T...
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will lay off 38 workers by the end of the year and won't fill vacant positions as it...
As winter approaches, energy prices in Nebraska appear stable, but consumers could still see higher bills if the weather is c...
The fiscal cliff is looming in the nation's future. It would not be kind to the University of Nebraska. NU Budget Directo...
Closed for nearly all of 2012, Lincoln's Novartis plant is still not ready to reopen. BusinessWeek has reported that Nova...
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said that he continues to look for a major acquisition for Berkshire Hathaway, but he...
Nebraska’s unemployment rate for September is 3.9%. The rate is down from the August rate of 4.0%, and one-half percent...
A federal agency has reported that TransCanada Corporation has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after tes...
Union Pacific says its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as price increases and more automotive and chemical shipments hel...
The deadline for Nebraska businesses and organizations remitting unclaimed property to the state is approaching. Unclaimed pr...
Nebraskans aren't the only ones opposing TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline. TransCanada is becoming a dirty word...
The part-time job you take for the holidays could be the opportunity you need to land a full-time job. Surveys have shown tha...
A major economic development announcement for the state of nebraska Friday. Fidelity Investments says it has decided to build...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has slightly lowered its projection for the size of this year's corn crop for a fourth...
Omaha-based Travel and Transport says it is buying Ultramar, a Travel agency in New York City. Financial terms of the all-cas...
The University of Nebraska is becoming a leader in licensed inventions. The Omaha World-Herald reports that NU ranks 20th out...
The Nebraska Department of Revenue is lowering the interest rate that the state charges for delinquent taxes, starting next y...
The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development has received four national awards. The Lincoln Business Retention and Expans...
Nebraska utilities will likely continue to rely heavily on coal, natural gas and nuclear power to produce electricity until s...
Three former TierOne Bank executives have been charged with concealing millions of dollars in real estate losses and misleadi...
Your electricity rates could be going up 2 1/2%, but it might have been worse. Originally, a 4% increase was proposed. Lincol...
The federal government is giving rural electric cooperatives in Iowa, Nebraska and seven other states loans to improve portio...
ConAgra Foods said Thursday that its profit more than doubled in its fiscal first quarter.The Omaha-based maker of Healthy Ch...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln will have an indoor football team next spring when the Council Bluffs Express becomes the Lincol...
Gasoline prices in Lincoln today (Tuesday) are 20 cents a gallon higher than a year ago and 19 cents a gallon higher than a m...
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has OK'd a new building for the College of Business Administration. The new &...
Governor Heineman wants to know why the University of Nebraska is asking local governments in Omaha to help pay for a $32...
Beef Products Incorporated plans to file a defamation lawsuit following criticism of a meat product which critics dubbed &quo...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, is making increased enrollment and reduced spending his priorities...
Start calling the Cornhusker Hotel the Cornhusker Marriott. The Marcus Corporation out of Milwaukee, the same company that bo...
Several businesses pushed back today against a city plan to allow alcohol at the Auld Recreation Center. The Parks and Recrea...
Some of Lincoln's leading businesses received awards for their contributions to the communityWednesday. The Chamber of Co...
The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has revised its new ro...
The U.S. corn harvest continues ahead of schedule with some states nearly half-finished at a time when they usually are just ...
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL will open the regular season with replacement officials. Replacement refs will be on the field beginn...
Republican Senate Candidate Deb Fischer got two and a half minutes on stage before the Republican National Convention on Tues...
The Lincoln Police Department has made two arrests in connection with two bank robberies that took place in Lincoln earlier t...
Gas prices in Lincoln have fallen about a penny a gallon the past week, averaging $3.72 a gallon on Sunday. National, the...
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley says taxpayers may not be getting the best deal possible on some equipment and services pur...
The former executive director of Kool-Aid Days in Hastings has lost his lawsuit over a bonus. Randy Kottwitz was seeking unpa...
The government is on the verge of approving a grain mainly used as livestock feed to make a cleaner version of ethanol. The E...
Most rural Nebraskans support building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but ONLY if it avoids the environmentally sensitive Sand...
There's another scam to watch out for. This one is centered around your electric bill. The Lincoln Electric system has re...
Nebraska's corn crop is still declining as the dry weather continues.The weekly crop report says only 31 percent of the c...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that Nebraska's drought-stunted corn crop will plunge 13 percent below last ...
Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey says deep cuts and some tax increases would put the federal budget on a path to bei...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has declared the state's embattled campaign finance law unconstitutional. The 1992 law provide...
Renewable fuel industries in Iowa and Nebraska remain strong at a time of conflict over whether more corn and soybeans should...
Some Omaha council members are questioning unbudgeted pay raises that Mayor Jim Suttle awarded in January to some senior mana...
The Lincoln City Libraries’ new Lied Bookmobile will be in operation soon. The new bookmobile was unveiled thursday at ...
The drought affecting Nebraska and other Midwest and Plains states is putting a further drag on the regional economy. Today&#...
Nebraska has entered a "sister state" relationship with a central Chinese province that could lead to future trade ...
Two success stories were announced Monday during Nebraska's latest trade mission to China. Governor Dave Heineman said tw...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns said today it's likely that election year politics will prevent anything from getting done ...
A big change for the Nebraska Community Blood Bank...it's merging with the Blood Bank of Saint Paul Minnesota. They are c...
The University of Nebraska Foundation has named an executive at Ohio State University as its new president and chief executiv...
From now until Friday, July 20th, the Focus is feeding hungry people in Lancaster County. The County Board is encouraging pub...
The time between today andFriday, July 20th, has been proclaimed as the annual Campaign Against Hunger in Lancaster county. T...
A new report shows Nebraska's tax receipts in the last fiscal year beat projections by nearly $105 million, roughly 3...
Mayor Chris Beutler introduced his budget proposal to the Lincoln City Council on Monday. The $312 Million dollar package...
The Nebraska Democratic Party is targeting GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Deb Fischer in a new television ad that portrays her famil...
Hot temperatures mean spending more time inside in the air conditioning... unless you're homeless. The People's City ...
The city of Lincoln is refinancing bonds and saving taxpayers and rate payers a whole lot of money. More than $11 million...
A new monthly survey suggests the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states will continue to slow down but continue growing e...
TransCanada says it's received approval from the Army Corp of Engineers to build an oil pipeline along the Texas Gulf Coa...
A June survey says growth in rural areas of 10 Midwestern and Western states, including Nebraska, has slowed. The report rele...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey was definite and emphatic with some of his answersbefore a Lincoln business group...
Unemployment remained steady in Omaha, but went up slightly in Lnicoln last month. Omaha's jobless rate was unchanged at ...
A new report says Nebraska's tax receipts in May were higher than expected. The Department of Revenue reports (Monday) th...
Another surprise from Billionaire Warren Buffett's company. It now owns 3.2 percent of Lee Enterprises' stock as Berk...
The Lancaster Event Center will hold an open house on Thursday, June 14, to unveil its Phase III Expansion Project. The 4-7 P...
A recently unsealed federal indictment in Iowa alleges a nationwide sex trafficking ring solicited customers on Backpage.com ...
Opponents of a Canadian crude oil pipeline have made good on their threat to challenge Nebraska's new pipeline siting law...
Nebraska's unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent in April, marking the state's lowest rate since December 2008. The...
It was a successful quarter for a nebraska based clothing retailer. The Buckle's first-quarter net income rose 13 percent...
Not everyone is giving up on newspapers. Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is buying 63 papers from Media General Inc ...
A wire and mail fraud case involving the 2006 sale of a Lincoln home that left a jury deadlocked in March has been dismissed....
Nebraska farmers are almost done with planting the corn crop and are making good process on finishing the soybeans. The U.S. ...
The Federal Reserve says the average value of farmland in several Midwest and Western states grew more than 25 percent in the...
Grocery distributor Nash Finch Co. says its subsidiary U Save Foods Inc. has agreed to buy Omaha-based No Frills Supermarkets...
A big bank expansion project was completed in the Highlands area Monday. Cabela's World's Foremost Bank cut the ribbo...
A survey of supply managers suggests growing economic strength in a nine-state region of the Plains and Midwest. The Mid-Amer...
Parts of 40th and Superior streets were shut down earlyWednesday afternoon because of a natural gas leak. The leak was traced...
Three Eagles Communications, Inc. and its stations do not discriminate in advertising arrangements on the basis of race or et...
