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The White Cane Banquet of the National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska will be from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Omaha Marriott Hotel, 10220 Regency Circle.

The celebration of Veterans' day took center stage at Omaha's Memorial Park. Local politicians like Mayor Jim Suttle and Senator Ben Nelson showed their appreciation for America's past and present veterans.

Two House representatives have released a draft Universal Service Reform bill that would broaden the contribution base to include broadband.

Nebraskan who last year ran as a Democrat in an effort to unseat Rep. Lee Terry is now serving as the Republican's campaign co-chairman. Terry's campaign announced Monday that Richard Carter will serve as co-chairman of Terry's 2010 re-election effort.

I'm posting an essay I solicited from Danielle Chynoweth of Prometheus Radio, regarding the upcoming vote on Low Power FM radio, known as LPFM, which is increasingly relevant as we find ourselves analyzing in greater detail the relationship between vox pops, corporate interests, corporate media, Congressional efficacy and, well, the fate of our ...

Nebraska Democrats have long known that the prospect of getting their candidates into one of the state's three House seats is a tough slog.

Nebraska Democrats have long known that the prospect of getting their candidates into 1 of the state's three House seats is a tough slog.

House panel set to consider legislation to shift federal funding to broadband service.

U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they introduced a measure aimed at overhauling an annual fund intended to ensure nationwide telephone service in high-cost, rural areas by including money for high-speed Internet use.

House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher is circulating a draft of a bill that would extend the Universal Service Fund to broadband and set a minimum speed of service to qualify for the subsidy.

Kudos to our source in Washington D.C. for pointing out a little-noticed news item in The Washington Post some time back indicating there was an FBI probe when a purported associate of Rep.

Sen. Gilbert Baker's campaign released a list of endorsements from state House and Senate Republicans.

Kudos to our source in Washington D.C. for pointing out a little-noticed news item in The Washington Post some time back indicating there was an FBI probe when a purported associate of Rep.

Former state Rep. Terry Moulton says he will challenge state Sen. Pat Kreitlow next year.

Can Republicans win a seat in Travis County? Gilbert talks transportation Selby steps into the Texas Political Parlor Happy birthday to Republican operative Dave Beckwith.

It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.

A handful of Nebraska senators in favor of health care reform will be sharing their arguments at a forum Tuesday in Omaha.

Dan Quayle said Thursday that Gov. Mitch Daniels could be a top contender for Republicans in what is now a wide-open presidential race Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shephard will be in Evansville today to make an announcement about foreclosure case training INDIANAPOLIS - Predicting a wide-open 2012 Republican presidential primary field, former ...

By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON - Federal regulators told Congress on Friday that they have no power to stop Italy or any other country from dumping radioactive waste in the United States.It's up to Congress to stop other countries from shipping their radioactive waste to the United States, government officials who oversee the nuclear power industry ...

With more than a year to go before the general election, Nebraska's 2nd District congressional race is already on track to become a bank-buster. Democrat Tom White's campaign says he raised more than $200,000 in the quarter that ended Sept.