<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - dave-heineman</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/dave-heineman</link><description>Newsvine - dave-heineman</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:22:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Heineman choice on US Senate bid would shape race</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns in Nebraska could unfold as an open-and-shut contest or a wide-open race, depending on what Gov. Dave Heineman decides.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020993-heineman-choice-on-us-senate-bid-would-shape-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020993-heineman-choice-on-us-senate-bid-would-shape-race</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>nebraska</category><category>mike-johanns</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>heineman</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska Lt. Gov. Sheehy resigns from office</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned abruptly Saturday in a scandal involving thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone, including one woman who said she had a romantic relationship with the politician.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alissa Skelton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alissa Skelton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16819539-nebraska-lt-gov-sheehy-resigns-from-office</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16819539-nebraska-lt-gov-sheehy-resigns-from-office</guid><category>us</category><category>resigns</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>sheehy</category><category>rick-sheehy</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 16:49:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bed2a55-9a38-4c7f-a1a1-30199aadbf1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bed2a55-9a38-4c7f-a1a1-30199aadbf1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neb. Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy is seen in a file photo from March 29, 2012 in South Sioux City, Neb. Sheehy resigned on Saturday Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eeb2b09f-8ae8-4599-a642-1d56d3263200.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eeb2b09f-8ae8-4599-a642-1d56d3263200.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This file photo from July 25, 2011 shows Neb. Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy in Fremont, Neb. On Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, Lt. Gov. Sheehy resigned. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move ahead with the project just days after he promised in his inaugural address to respond vigorously to the threat of climate change.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Daly]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Daly]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16655807-53-senators-urge-approval-of-keystone-xl-pipeline</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16655807-53-senators-urge-approval-of-keystone-xl-pipeline</guid><category>us</category><category>pipeline</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>oil-pipeline</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>keystone-xl</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:07:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e944908-1eb7-4ced-a1fc-8905359e399c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e944908-1eb7-4ced-a1fc-8905359e399c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D,  gestures as speaks about the Keystone Pipeline during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. A key approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast puts the long-delayed project back in the hands of the U.S. government.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74a28f3d-24ee-4326-a5e4-89be978c9f20.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74a28f3d-24ee-4326-a5e4-89be978c9f20.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference about the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acf637cf-6fec-4dab-a465-3aaa13bfae72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=acf637cf-6fec-4dab-a465-3aaa13bfae72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D, points at a illustration of existing pipeline, while speaking at a news conference about the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7da2cdd0-b2c9-450f-87e7-35dfacee17e7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7da2cdd0-b2c9-450f-87e7-35dfacee17e7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D,  walks toward a illustration of the Keystone Pipeline and proposed expansions, after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. A key approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast puts the long-delayed project back in the hands of the U.S. government.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Neb. governor OKs Keystone XL route through state</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643586-neb-governor-oks-keystone-xl-route-through-state</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643586-neb-governor-oks-keystone-xl-route-through-state</guid><category>us</category><category>pipeline</category><category>nebraska</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>keystone-xl</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Neb., SD wildfires grow with help of strong wind</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildfires in northwestern Nebraska tripled in size in less than 24 hours, as strong winds pushed flames through the rugged, rural terrain.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/02/13621571-neb-sd-wildfires-grow-with-help-of-strong-wind</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/02/13621571-neb-sd-wildfires-grow-with-help-of-strong-wind</guid><category>us</category><category>wildfires</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:09:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d763e93b-e9a0-41bd-8c80-90d113d29a49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d763e93b-e9a0-41bd-8c80-90d113d29a49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska Gov. Heineman, left, talks with Scott Josiah, state forester and director of Nebraska Forest Service, as they inspect fire damage at Chadron State Park, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, near Chadron, Neb. Officials estimated Sunday that the fires have now burned roughly 273 square miles, including at least 27,000 acres in South Dakota. That's up from roughly 93 square miles on Saturday and more than twice the size of Omaha. (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Jeff Beiermann, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36b8a9f7-d66e-4b85-8693-e3f7d7373b7e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36b8a9f7-d66e-4b85-8693-e3f7d7373b7e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Black soot remains at the site of the West Ash fire at Chadron State Park near Chadron Neb., Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heinaman toured the West Ash fire site and visited with local officials.  (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Jeff Beiermann, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nebraska lawmakers override prenatal care veto</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska lawmakers have voted to restore taxpayer-funded prenatal care benefits for illegal immigrants, despite the objections of Gov. Dave Heineman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11271785-nebraska-lawmakers-override-prenatal-care-veto</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11271785-nebraska-lawmakers-override-prenatal-care-veto</guid><category>us</category><category>care</category><category>nebraska</category><category>us-news</category><category>legislature</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>prenatal-care</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:36:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska governor to visit China in trade mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Dave Heineman is leading a delegation of Nebraska business leaders on a trade mission to China.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541018-nebraska-governor-to-visit-china-in-trade-mission</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541018-nebraska-governor-to-visit-china-in-trade-mission</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>nebraska</category><category>mission</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>trade-mission</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:15:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Neb. governor to testify on tax cut proposals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman will appear before the Legislature's Revenue Committee on Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243260-neb-governor-to-testify-on-tax-cut-proposals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243260-neb-governor-to-testify-on-tax-cut-proposals</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>cuts</category><category>nebraska</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>revenue-committee</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska lawmakers could challenge pipeline route</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said Monday he will call a special legislative session that could allow lawmakers to challenge the route of a massive transnational oil pipeline, despite uncertainty about whether such an effort will succeed or stand up in court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8468874-nebraska-lawmakers-could-challenge-pipeline-route</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8468874-nebraska-lawmakers-could-challenge-pipeline-route</guid><category>us</category><category>pipeline</category><category>nebraska</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-pipeline</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:42:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/054a4dca-abee-4a75-93a8-12bd3b34c88f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/054a4dca-abee-4a75-93a8-12bd3b34c88f.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- This Aug. 4, 2011, file photo, shows Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman at a news conference in Lincoln, Neb. Gov. Heineman said Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, that he is calling a special session of the legislature on Nov. 1, 2011, to discuss ways to influence the planned route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the Nebraska sandhills. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Neb. governor urges Obama to deny pipeline permit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman urged President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to deny a federal permit for a pipeline that would carry Canadian oil over an aquifer that supplies drinking and irrigation water to parts of several states.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7539651-neb-governor-urges-obama-to-deny-pipeline-permit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7539651-neb-governor-urges-obama-to-deny-pipeline-permit</guid><category>us</category><category>oil</category><category>pipeline</category><category>politics</category><category>nebraska</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>oil-pipeline</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>barak-obama</category><category>state-hillary-clinton</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska GOP Gov. Heineman cruises to re-election</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has won re-election, turning away a relatively unknown and underfunded Democrat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Olson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Olson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398101-nebraska-gop-gov-heineman-cruises-to-re-election</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398101-nebraska-gop-gov-heineman-cruises-to-re-election</guid><category>us</category><category>governor</category><category>politics</category><category>nebraska</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Nov 2010 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study: Neb. well-positioned for economic growth</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska has a diverse economy that is positioned well to grow, but the state needs to work on turning its growing research and development into new products, according to a report released Thursday by GOP Gov. Dave Heineman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margery Beck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Margery Beck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/09/5079720-study-neb-well-positioned-for-economic-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/09/5079720-study-neb-well-positioned-for-economic-growth</guid><category>business</category><category>nebraska</category><category>industries</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska governor orders furloughs to save $3.5M</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman on Friday ordered more than 11,000 state employees covered by union contracts to take two furlough days by the end of year, a move he says is needed "to avert as many layoffs as possible."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/16/4691635-nebraska-governor-orders-furloughs-to-save-35m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/16/4691635-nebraska-governor-orders-furloughs-to-save-35m</guid><category>business</category><category>budget</category><category>woes</category><category>ne</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:43:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Strict new Neb. abortion law faces long legal road</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's been called a groundbreaking law, but a measure approved in Nebraska last week that changes the rationale for abortion bans probably won't go into effect anytime soon &#8212; if ever.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4153771-strict-new-neb-abortion-law-faces-long-legal-road</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4153771-strict-new-neb-abortion-law-faces-long-legal-road</guid><category>us</category><category>laws</category><category>abortion</category><category>nebraska</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:05:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/95588ccc-52e0-4a2d-bcc5-4a963a5d4072.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/95588ccc-52e0-4a2d-bcc5-4a963a5d4072.jpg" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signs into law in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, April 13, 2010, two landmark abortion bills that both sides of the abortion debate say are firsts in the country. One bars abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on assertions that fetuses feel pain at that time, and the other bill signed by Heineman will require doctors or other health professionals to assess whether women have risk factors that could lead to mental or physical problems after an abortion. At left is Neb. Speaker Mike Flood of Norfolk.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nebraska to limit abortions because of fetal pain</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday passed a groundbreaking bill banning abortions at 20 weeks based on assertions that fetuses feel pain then. Gov. Dave Heineman planned to sign it into law in the afternoon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4152757-nebraska-to-limit-abortions-because-of-fetal-pain</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4152757-nebraska-to-limit-abortions-because-of-fetal-pain</guid><category>us</category><category>abortion</category><category>pain</category><category>fetal</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>fetal-pain</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:56:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Union rejects governor's request for pay freeze</title>
<description><![CDATA[A union representing about 11,000 Nebraska state workers rejected Gov. Dave Heineman's request that they forgo pay raises next fiscal year, a move Heineman hinted could lead to layoffs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860139-union-rejects-governors-request-for-pay-freeze</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860139-union-rejects-governors-request-for-pay-freeze</guid><category>business</category><category>freeze</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>neb</category><category>pay-freeze</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:42:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Neb. governor: State well-positioned for growth</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amid looming budget problems, Gov. Dave Heineman tried to shift focus to Nebraska's financial health compared with other states' while acknowledging Thursday that the next 12 to 18 months would be a time of economic uncertainty.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758157-neb-governor-state-well-positioned-for-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758157-neb-governor-state-well-positioned-for-growth</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>state</category><category>state-of</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>neb</category><category>of-state</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:13:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska governor freezes pay of top managers</title>
<description><![CDATA[About 230 Nebraska state government directors and managers who report to Gov. Dave Heineman won't get raises next fiscal year, and thousands more employees could have their pay frozen if the governor gets his way.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748299-nebraska-governor-freezes-pay-of-top-managers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748299-nebraska-governor-freezes-pay-of-top-managers</guid><category>business</category><category>freeze</category><category>ne</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>pay-freeze</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:09:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska governor signs budget-cutting package</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law $334 million in budget reductions on Friday, after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the cuts during an emergency session in which there was little disagreement over how to close the largest budget gap in recent memory.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526216-nebraska-governor-signs-budget-cutting-package</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526216-nebraska-governor-signs-budget-cutting-package</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>woes</category><category>nebraska</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Some Neb. caregivers may be in line for raise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska's oft-criticized safety net for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities may get a small funding increase next year despite Gov. Dave Heineman's recommendation to keep funding flat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nate Jenkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3489692-some-neb-caregivers-may-be-in-line-for-raise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3489692-some-neb-caregivers-may-be-in-line-for-raise</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>disabled</category><category>woes</category><category>nebraska</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawmakers protect Neb. farmers' checkoff dollars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Complaints from Nebraska farmers and agriculture groups about using checkoff dollars to help balance the state budget appear to have worked.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468815-lawmakers-protect-neb-farmers-checkoff-dollars</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468815-lawmakers-protect-neb-farmers-checkoff-dollars</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>woes</category><category>nebraska</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>checkoff</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska governor proposes widespread budget cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most Nebraska agencies will feel some pain over the next year and a half if lawmakers adopt the widespread spending cuts Gov. Dave Heineman proposed on Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3433990-nebraska-governor-proposes-widespread-budget-cuts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3433990-nebraska-governor-proposes-widespread-budget-cuts</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>woes</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>most-nebraska</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:11:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nebraska's governor signs lethal injection bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed a bill Thursday to change the state's method of execution from electrocution to lethal injection, although observers said it could be years before the law is applied.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873253-nebraskas-governor-signs-lethal-injection-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873253-nebraskas-governor-signs-lethal-injection-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>nebraska</category><category>death-penalty</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:52:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fcd3a6a2-7485-41ae-9d90-c8f698f87f73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fcd3a6a2-7485-41ae-9d90-c8f698f87f73.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, signs into law (LB36), a bill that changes the state's method of execution from electrocution to lethal injection at a ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, May 28, 2009.  Nebraska has been without a means of execution since February 2008, when the state Supreme Court ruled the electric chair was unconstitutional because it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4a003db1-7e4f-4719-bf4e-ce0da98242f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4a003db1-7e4f-4719-bf4e-ce0da98242f7.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman leaves the podium after signing into law (LB36), a bill that changes the state's method of execution from electrocution to lethal injection at a ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, May 28, 2009.  Nebraska has been without a means of execution since February 2008, when the state Supreme Court ruled the electric chair was unconstitutional because it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Neb. Attorney General Jon Bruning is at rear.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nebraska law to keep sex offenders off MySpace</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill to prevent registered sex offenders from using social-networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843500-nebraska-law-to-keep-sex-offenders-off-myspace</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843500-nebraska-law-to-keep-sex-offenders-off-myspace</guid><category>us</category><category>laws</category><category>sex</category><category>nebraska</category><category>us-news</category><category>dave-heineman</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boy is 36th dropped off under Neb. safe-haven law</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nebraska officials say a 14-year-old California boy has become the last child reported abandoned under the state's safe-haven law before it was changed to limit such drop-offs to infants no more than 30 days old.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121594-boy-is-36th-dropped-off-under-neb-safe-haven-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121594-boy-is-36th-dropped-off-under-neb-safe-haven-law</guid><category>us-news</category><category>haven</category><category>dave-heineman</category><category>safe-haven</category><category>safe-haven-law</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:05:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9b1e3913-7543-45df-86d1-1755c0dbebab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b1e3913-7543-45df-86d1-1755c0dbebab.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Ernie Chambers, left, of Omaha speaks of former state Sen. Bernice Labedz, who represented Omaha for 16 years, and had died Saturday at the age of 89, during a special session of the Nebraska Legislature in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/66ebda25-2545-4f1a-ae99-c1f2a4459ec0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/66ebda25-2545-4f1a-ae99-c1f2a4459ec0.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska State Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha, center, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, talks with Sen. Mike Friend of Omaha, left, and Sen. Greg Adams of York, during a special session of the Nebraska Legislature in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. The Nebraska Legislature is trying to fix a loophole in the state's safe haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/14be4286-8818-4971-9d5b-86c63a4abed9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/14be4286-8818-4971-9d5b-86c63a4abed9.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the public react to the testimony of Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008. Coover testified at a public hearing before the Judiciary Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7be2683a-dc5d-449d-abfb-3a020d49d658.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7be2683a-dc5d-449d-abfb-3a020d49d658.jpg" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008, talks to a reporter after testifying before the Judiciary Committee, at a public hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4c66d118-6001-4a02-b82a-44f5b8bc8d71.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4c66d118-6001-4a02-b82a-44f5b8bc8d71.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008, fights back tears while testifying before the Judiciary Committee, during a public hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/588a741c-257f-441e-8490-3ea4f194899a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/588a741c-257f-441e-8490-3ea4f194899a.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008, is seen after she testified before the Judiciary Committee, during a public hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0db01b69-e002-4f60-ad6b-29ef29897e3f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0db01b69-e002-4f60-ad6b-29ef29897e3f.jpg" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008, testifies before the Judiciary Committee, during a public hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25d09cb9-2551-415c-8376-af9d3ba06c3e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25d09cb9-2551-415c-8376-af9d3ba06c3e.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska state senators are seen in the legislative chamber during debate, in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.  Nebraska lawmakers are debating A 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off at hospitals under Nebraska's safe-haven law.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c4ea59f-801c-40d6-8cbc-db2d4f8f8655.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c4ea59f-801c-40d6-8cbc-db2d4f8f8655.jpg" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this  Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, Lavennia Coover of Decatur, Neb., who gave up her 11 year-old son under Nebraska's safe haven law on Sept. 24, 2008, testifies before the Judiciary Committee, during a public hearing in Lincoln, Neb., on bills that would amend Nebraska's safe-haven law.  Friday, Nov. 21 will likely be the last day parents can abandon troubled teens at Nebraska hospitals, but lawmakers aren't patting themselves on the back. Instead, they're vowing to make sure families can get help in a crisis. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e303b391-f249-4e2b-aaa5-5b27f1fb5079.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e303b391-f249-4e2b-aaa5-5b27f1fb5079.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 12, 2008 file photo, the mother of an 18 year-old daughter, who asked not to be named to protect the identity of her child, looks at a photograph in her daughter's room, in Lincoln, Neb. After a recent spate of her daughters' bad behavior, the mother said she felt like she had no other choice but to leave her daughter at a hospital, where she thought she would get help through Nebraska's safe haven law. Friday, Nov. 21 will likely be the last day parents can abandon troubled teens at Nebraska hospitals, but lawmakers aren't patting themselves on the back. Instead, they're vowing to make sure families can get help in a crisis. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/736aa677-ccab-4e90-b65f-d6dbff77688c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/736aa677-ccab-4e90-b65f-d6dbff77688c.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska lawmakers Brad Ashford, front, of Omaha, and Arnie Stuthman, of Platte Center, Neb., vote in favor of LB 1 Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 at the state capitol in Lincoln, Neb., The bill puts a 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off at Nebraska hospitals under the state's safe haven law. The bill easily passed 43-5. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b972003f-320e-4433-9b18-065281da270d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b972003f-320e-4433-9b18-065281da270d.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska state senators Brad Ashford, right, of Omaha, and Arnie Stuthman, of Plattte Center, Neb., react to the final vote on LB1 Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at the state capitol in Lincoln, Neb. The bill, which passed easily 43-5, puts a 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off at Nebraska hospitals under the state's safe haven law. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/347b1984-4d69-4e6b-9d71-922b82dfd93a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="323" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/347b1984-4d69-4e6b-9d71-922b82dfd93a.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nebraska lawmakers Tom Carlson, left, of Holdrege, Lowen Kruse of Omaha, John Wightman of Lexington, and Norm Wallman of Cortland visit briefly Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, on the floor of the legislature just before the final vote of LB1, which puts a 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off at Nebraska hospitals under the safe haven law. The bill easily passed 43-5. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>