Governor Jim Pillen announced the new state poet in a ceremony on Monday. Jewel Rodgers, an Omaha native, was named the new ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen will be released from the hospital Friday, two days after getting nine titanium plates installed ...

Gov. Jim Pillen (R-Neb.) was hospitalized Sunday after being bucked off a horse, according to his office, which said he is ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen will be under anesthesia for surgery. Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly will take on the role of acting governor ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care at an Omaha hospital Monday after undergoing a medical procedure to treat an injured spleen suffered when he was bucked off a horse. The governor was ...

Pillen, a first-term Republican, was with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and injured, according to the governor's office. He was taken to a hospital in Columbus, Nebraska ...

Years ago, I had the pleasure of covering the dedication of a new, $17-million bridge spanning the Missouri River east of ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is expected to be released from the hospital Friday — two days after getting nine titanium plates installed during a surgery to stabilize the ribs he ...

During both the spleen and rib procedures, Nebraska's Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly acted as governor temporarily. In addition to those injuries, Pillen also had a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae and ...

Nebraska's Governor to Leave Hospital After He Was Bucked off a Horse and Broke His Ribs OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is expected to be released from the hospital Friday — two ...