Lawmakers returned to the State Capitol on Wednesday to kick off the 109th legislative session, a 90-day session with 17 ...

Families got to sit beside newly elected senators as the session came to order. Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke swore in them ...

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting ...

The polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip Monday, ...

Food trucks cater special events or host workshops, granting them more exposure and offering customers a fun alternative to ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes plunges southward into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Studies show that a fast-warming Arctic is partly to blame ...

Over the next few days, residents in the District can expect to see some heightened security and road closures as Congress ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...

When the gavel drops at 10 a.m. Wednesday, here's what the Journal Star will be watching for to get a glimpse at how the ...

When the gavel drops at 10 a.m. Wednesday, here's what the Journal Star will be watching for to get a glimpse at how the Legislature's 90-day session may unfold.

LINCOLN, NE – In a historic ceremony at the State Capitol here, Governor Jim Pillen unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi on December 6, a date now officially recognized as “A Day of Remembrance ...

The vote by Omaha's Inland Port Authority Board breaks a logjam on a $90 million business park project eyed for northeast ...