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Agricultural interests and residential subdivisions across the arid West are vying for control of water supplies that have emerged as one of the region's most coveted natural resources.
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.
As Nebraska lawmakers slash government-agency budgets, which could reduce services and lead to layoffs this year and next, they may be sparing their own arm of government similar consequences.
A panel of Kansas legislators meets next week to address the state pension system's long-term funding problems.
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.
Nebraska tax revenue in October rebounded after a dismal September that prompted a special legislative session to cut the state budget, but collections still fell below official projections.
People trying to fight through the economic downturn by earning college degrees may soon find them harder to afford in Nebraska.
Nebraska lawmakers are having trouble following directions during the special legislative session intended to cut $334 million from the two-year state budget.
Complaints from Nebraska farmers and agriculture groups about using checkoff dollars to help balance the state budget appear to have worked.
Nebraska lawmakers have only one more day to introduce bills in their budget-cutting special session.
To hear directors of some state agencies tell it, managing Nebraska's worst fiscal crisis in recent memory isn't that big of a deal. Others tell a totally different story, one of significant cutbacks in services.
The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.
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.
Fortunes at chain restaurants are tumbling, the fallout from a strategy of slashing menu prices in the hopes that a cheap meal will be enough to entice diners back to their booths.
It was the kind of legislation that rarely generates much debate in Congress: a bill to expand a local water recycling program.
This was not how Texas wanted to head into its annual border showdown with Oklahoma.
The woes keep piling up for President Barack Obama.
When the running game goes nowhere and the quarterback is knocked around like a pinata, the offensive line gets the blame.
DeAngelo Williams was a catalyst for the NFL's decision to allow players to wear pink cleats to raise awareness for breast cancer. Then he and the Panthers were off with a bye when the initiative began last weekend.
The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis.
Cuba on Monday acknowledged a failure to pay cash-strapped farmers on time and said some local officials lied to cover up the problem — a blunt admission from the communist government that crucial agriculture reforms lauded by President Raul Castro have so far fallen short.
Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles in nearly four months, and the main river that runs through the city looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days.
The federal government is considering raising fees on applications for immigration-related services to help offset a shortage in revenue.
If you watch broadcast TV but you're missing some of your local stations, you're not alone. Reception problems have been widespread after major stations ended their analog transmissions more than three months ago.
Paterson blames weak Obama record for friction Well, this is going to make David Paterson a lot of friends in the White House, as he tries to put himself in the president's shoes:
How many children say, "I want to be a blacksmith.", when I grow up? Furthermore could I go out and find a job as a blacksmith? The answers are, not many and no, respectively.
Prison-TV upgrade greeted with staticExcerpt: Channel-surfing behind bars is about to get more expensive. Florida is poised to spend about $100,000 in tax money to upgrade 1,500 prison televisions so they'll work Feb. 17, when the nation switches from analog to digital broadcasts.
Not only has Les Claypool mastered the bass guitar but on his latest solo effort, Of Whales and Woes, he lays down some very proficient drums and guitar work. Guitar, I can see as it is so closely related to the bass, but drums? Yes.
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