Legislative Branch

Republican River tour takes on new sense of urgency (05/02/08)
LINCOLN -- An early June water and natural resources tour will visit the lower Republican River basin in Kansas and Nebraska to help answer water use questions in the basin. The annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce water and natural resources tour is June 3-5, beginning and ending on UNL's East Campus...

Buffalo Commons set May 30-31 (04/30/08)
The 2008 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival will take place on May 30 and 31 at various locations throughout the City of McCook. The festival is made possible, in part, by Nebraska Humanities Council grant funds. This year's event will feature Barbara McBride-Smith, who will be making her third appearance in the festival's 11-year history. ...

NRDs study pipeline to Kansas (04/30/08)
A pipeline to send water to Kansas is an idea being floated by the three Republican River Basin natural resources districts. The concept is still in the talking stages, but a preliminary engineering study done by the Miller & Associates engineering firm in Kearney initially identified nine possible well sites in the Upper and Lower Republican River districts...

Christensen: Override doubtful (04/03/08)
There may not be enough votes to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto of a increased gas tax that lawmakers approved in the state budget, said Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial. Christensen said he voted in the increase, that would raise fuel prices about a penny per gallon, because he believed in a self-funding system -- where those who use the roads pay for the costs -- and that the increase would help fund roads in western Nebraska...

Will a killer go free because a lawyer cheated? (03/27/08)
An old Norfolk murder case is a good lesson on how the judicial system works. Friends and relatives of the victim, as well as the community at large would be outraged -- appropriately -- but a convicted murderer will be released by Thursday unless the state successfully prosecutes him again for a 1984 killing...

Online testing won't be part of statewide system (03/27/08)
An online testing system used by students in Southwest Nebraska would be the ideal way to achieve statewide student assessments, according to Dist. 44 Sen. Mark Christensen. Unfortunately, there are enough votes in the Legislature for LB1157 to go through without it, he said...

Farm-rancher accused of animal neglect (03/25/08)
INDIANOLA -- An Indianola-area farmer-rancher was complying Monday afternoon with an order from the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office that he dispose of the bodies of 111 cattle that died on his mother's farm southwest of Indianola. The farmer/rancher, whose name has not been released, could face charges of animal cruelty in the death of those cattle and for the poor health of 143 head of cattle sold in January, all of which he owned and held in pens and pastures at his mother's farm, which is south and east of his farmhouse.. ...

Official: LB1157 could change entire system (03/21/08)
Nebraska lawmakers' passage of LB 1157 would change everything about the way Nebraska schools assess how well their students are learning and progressing. Gayle Sharkey, McCook Public Schools' curriculum director, told school board members at their monthly meeting March 10 that LB 1157's passage in its final form and approval by Gov. Dave Heineman would require state tests of students' achievement...

Christensen: State testing bill may not be back this year (03/21/08)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor District 44 State Sen. Mark Christensen said Thursday morning that LB 1157 -- legislation requiring state tests of Nebraska students' learning and progress -- may not come back onto the floor in the 14 days remaining in the second session tentatively scheduled to convene April 17...

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