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  • State senators debate plan for more state patrol members

    Demetria Stphens, Nebraska News Service|Apr 12, 2013

    LINCOLN – The Nebraska State Patrol is at its lowest number since 1996, but the patrol is budgeting to fix radios and vehicles, not hire more troopers, said Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln during debate on Legislative Bill 579, Thursday, April. 11. The bill would increase from nine to 15 the number of state patrol members who focus on enforcing the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. Nebraska has about 425 state patrol members, said Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha. Coash voted against advancing the bill from the General Affairs Committee because he said e...

  • Consensus builds on need to address water issue

    Demetria Stphens and Joseph Moore, Nebraska News Service|Feb 19, 2013

    LINCOLN – A statewide consensus appears to be growing on the need to address water resource sustainability in Nebraska. During a Feb. 13 hearing of the Legislature’s Natural Resource Committee, representatives from a diverse array of interest groups testified in support of LB 517, a bill introduced by Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege. The bill would create a Water Sustainability Project Task Force charged with developing a priority list of water resource programs and projects in need of funding throughout the state. The task force would submit its...

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