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That initiative, which began with an initial group of 174 students in the fall of 2009, has become one of Omaha's most impressive tools for helping young people overcome obstacles in their lives to gain confidence and academic success.

After more than a year of controversies on the Omaha school board, district voters have opted for a fresh start.

As he contemplates a bid for Senate, the GOP's top recruit - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman - is engaging some former governors who made the same transition.

Nebraska lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto on a public-school retirement bill.

The clock hits 6:34 a.m. at the Jansen home in northwest Omaha, and five 14-year-olds hustle out the door with backpacks to catch their bus.

A "test vote" in the Legislature suggests that a majority of Nebraska lawmakers want to abolish the death penalty, but there may not be enough support to overcome a filibuster.

The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Gov. Heineman is encouraging Nebraskans to fly their U.S. and Nebraska flags at half-staff on Wednesday, May 15 for Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

Nebraska's Governor Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill saying the proposed increase in the state's contribution is too much.

When Governor Dave Heineman heard about the Scottsbluff and Mitchell Elementary schools' entrepreneurship expo, he says he knew it would be a great opportunity to share his experience with kids.

A "test vote" in the Legislature suggests that a majority of Nebraska lawmakers want to abolish the death penalty, but there may not be enough support to overcome a filibuster.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contribution is unsustainable.

Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed his first bill for the 2013 legislative season. The bill, LB 553e, looked to change pension funding for certain state employees in order to avoid projected pension shortfalls.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contribution is unsustainable.

Political interest runs high Monday, as Nebraska law makers debate life and death -- and whether or not to end the death penalty, and instead give killers life in prison without parole.

The last of seven bills that make up the state budget was advanced in the Legislature Friday, without a $2.2 million state-owned airplane.

Former Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy has reimbursed the state $500 for thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone.

Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years.