Voters back Nebraska's ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and reject a competing measure

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters supported a measure Tuesday that enshrines the state’s current ban on abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy in the state constitution, and they rejected a competing measure that sought to expand abortion rights. Nebraska was the first state to have...

AP Race Call: Republican Pete Ricketts wins election to U.S. Senate in Nebraska

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska won election Tuesday to the seat he was appointed to nearly two years ago. Ricketts, a former two-term Nebraska governor, defeated Democratic challenger Preston Love Jr., an 81-year-old longtime community activist in Omaha. Love had painted Ricketts -- one of the...

Republican Pete Ricketts wins election to U.S. Senate in Nebraska

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Pete Ricketts wins election to U.S. Senate in Nebraska.

A conservative member of the Nebraska Supreme Court has been named as its new chief justice

Gov. Jim Pillen has selected a sitting member of the Nebraska Supreme Court to fill the role of the court's top judge following the announcement of longtime Chief Justice Michael Heavican that he will retire at the end of the month. Jeffrey Funke will fill the role of chief justice,...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska votes solidly Republican in statewide elections, but will nonetheless be closely watched in the presidential race on Election Day. The reason? It's one of two states — Maine is the other — that doesn’t award all of its Electoral College votes to the winner of the...