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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —State legislators are closing in on a bill that would place further restrictions on texting and driving.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Another hat has been thrown into the ring for the race for attorney general of Nebraska.

An estimated one in seven Nebraskans are food insecure—meaning they don’t know where their next meal will come from.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state Sen. Charlie Janssen is running for auditor.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Jon Bruning's decision to run for governor has set the stage for a rare, competitive race for Nebraska attorney general, with only three months until the May primary.

Omaha Senator Burke Harr recently introduced a bill to the legislature that would give all Nebraskans a tax break. 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state Sen. Pete Pirsch is joining the Republican primary race for attorney general.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Even the lawmaker who introduced a bill seeking to lower Nebraska's income tax rates is acknowledging the proposal needs to be changed.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are being asked to take a new approach to roads funding, with a bill that would allow the state to finance high-priority projects with bonds.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont have decided to keep an ordinance that requires all renters to swear they are legally living in the U.S.