The second factor Heineman considered in looking at the proposed pipeline route was the economic impact of building the pipeline through Nebraska with the temporary jobs it would create. It has been ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — An energy company's agreement to shift an oil pipeline away from the environmentally sensitive Sandhills will help avoid several possible legal conflicts over Nebraska's authority to ...

If TransCanada still wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline on its newly approved route through Nebraska, the company might have to go through Dennis Witzel first. Witzel, a retired mail carrier, isn ...

In January, President Barack Obama refused to sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian province of Alberta to the Gulf Coast, saying the proposed route warranted more study. There were ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Tuesday that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. The Republican ...

Lincoln Sen. Tony Fulton stirred the Keystone XL oil pipeline controversy Tuesday with a news release claiming it was U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who chose the Nebraska pipeline ...

LINCOLN, Neb. | Nebraska's highest court has tossed a lawsuit challenging a proposed route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the landowners who sued didn't have legal standing to do so.