Nebraska

A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

Nebraska Repeals Death Penalty, But U.S. Isn't Quite Ready To Abandon It

8:45am May 28, 2015

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Cost and lethal injection complications have led some states to reconsider the death penalty. U.S. support for the practice has declined over the last two decades, but 3 in 5 still support it.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto Of Death Penalty Repeal

5:55pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The vote was 30-19. Nebraska is now the first Republican-controlled state in the U.S. to repeal the death penalty since North Dakota in 1973.

Sabas Sanchez Jr. was better known among his neighbors in Madison, Neb., as "Gordo" — Spanish for chubby. He also had an oversized personality. His father keeps this tattered photo in his wallet.

In America's Heartland, Heroin Crisis Is Hitting Too Close To Home

1:15pm May 26, 2015

by Bobby Caina Calvan

Midwestern and Southwestern states struggle with an influx of heroin being sold for cheap by Mexican cartels. In one community, a spike in heroin-related deaths has everyone on high alert.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Move Step Closer To Repealing Death Penalty

3:15pm May 20, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The vote in the Republican-controlled unicameral Legislature was 32-15 — enough support to override a threatened veto from Gov. Pete Ricketts.

Armed personnel patrol the grounds of the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, in Tecumseh, Neb., on Monday.

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2 Inmates Are Dead After Riot At Nebraska Prison

11:14am May 11, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

It took authorities hours to control a riot at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, where inmates started fires and destroyed properties.

Lincoln, Neb., is home to several startups, which use the city's low cost of living and high quality of life to attract workers.

Silicon Prairie: Tech Startups Find A Welcoming Home In The Midwest

7:12pm April 01, 2015

by David Schaper

Some entrepreneurs are leaving the high-tech hot spots of San Francisco, New York and the Silicon Valley for greener pastures in a place that actually has greener pastures: Lincoln, Neb.

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Deuel County Sheriff Adam Hayward shows off a container of confiscated marijuana in Chappell, Neb., in July.

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Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Law enforcement in Nebraska towns near the Colorado border are reporting a jump in pot-related offenses. Legalization next door, they say, is creating burdensome consequences they never asked for.

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House OKs Keystone XL Pipeline Despite Obama Veto Threat

5:53pm January 09, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The vote came hours after Nebraska's Supreme Court cleared the way for the controversial pipeline. The GOP-controlled Senate is also considering legislation to approve the pipeline.

Susan and Bill Dunavan own 80 acres of land in York County.

On Nebraska's Farmland, Keystone XL Pipeline Debate Is Personal

2:46pm December 17, 2014

by Melissa Block

The pipeline's fate looms large in Washington. But for people living in Keystone XL's proposed path, the project will alter livelihoods and legacies — for better or worse, depending on whom you ask.

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Health workers in protective suits transport Dr. Martin Salia, a surgeon working in Sierra Leone who has been diagnosed with Ebola, from a jet that brought him from Sierra Leone to a waiting ambulance in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday.

Ebola-Infected Doctor Arrives In Nebraska For Treatment

11:13am November 18, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Dr. Martin Salia, who got the virus while working in Sierra Leone, is said to be sicker than some of the other patients who have been successfully treated for the disease in the U.S.