The Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court has declined to pursue a complaint that Attorney General Jon Bruning violated rules of professional conduct. That doesn't mean Counsel for Discipline Dennis Carlson approved of or defended what Bruning said during a January radio interview.
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ASHLAND, Neb. -- Campers may soon be allowed to legally drink a glass of wine or a beer at their picnic table around the campfire at Nebraska state parks.
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Nebraska joined 11 other states Thursday in seeking to participate in a legal challenge to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's recent findings about greenhouse gases.
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Six low-income women have told a south Omaha health clinic that they will opt for abortions because they cannot afford prenatal services, which are no longer government-funded. The report from the OneWorld Community Health Centers, coupled with the earlier confirmation of an abortion by a Schuyler, Neb., woman, prompted at least three state senators to say Thursday that the issue has reached a "crisis" level.
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New York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.
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By Nancy Hicks and JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
The staff of the Nebraska Legislature, about 250 workers, will take a furlough day on Good Friday, April 2, and save the state budget $51,000.
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Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?
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WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.
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Gov. Dave Heineman (R) Succeeded: January 2005, Elected: November 2006 Term expires: January 2011
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