Nebraska Legislature

Several lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature want to do something that is rather intriguing and, we would say, commendable.  They want to understand climate change.  Let’s be clear on this point. That desire does not reflect a political stand,...

Several lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature want to do something that is rather intriguing and, we would say, commendable. They want to understand climate change. Let's be clear on this point. That desire does not reflect a political stand, which...

 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska rancher Bruce Boettcher was ecstatic when he learned the rumors swirling out of Washington were true: plans to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas were on hold to study how environmentally sensitive...

Keystone XL pipeline: The U.S. State Department's inspector general's office will investigate decisions the department made regarding the Keystone XL pipeline, which would ferry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico....

Keystone XL pipeline: TransCanada has agreed to move the proposed -- and highly controversial -- Keystone XL pipeline off the Nebraska Sandhills....

A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God. He said God...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush believes Americans are so eager to join the "ownership society" that, given a chance, two-thirds of those eligible would divert funds from Social Security into the personal investment accounts he proposes. But when public...