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State Senator Charlie Janssen
State Senator Charlie Janssen
The State Treasurer’s office is in jeopardy now that state lawmakers have approved on first round a resolution to eliminate the office. Senator Dennis Utter of Hastings brought the bill and says several other states operate without a treasurer and the duties can be handled by another office. Senator Charlie Janssen of Fremont thinks eliminating the Treasurers office could lead to bigger government elsewhere.

“We’ll see the fiscal notes for years to come if this happens.  You’ll see it, appropriations will see it, they’ll come back and say well now we’re doing college savings  we need more money for this, well we had to hire an additional person to handle this.”

If the resolution makes it through two more rounds of debate – the decision on eliminating the State Treasurer’s office would go to the voters.

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Community colleges coming together to find a solution

by Terry James 03/9/10 6:03 PM

All six Presidents of Nebraska’s community colleges have agreed to meet throughout the next week to come up with a temporary solution to the funding problems. They will be meeting over the next year to come up with a more permanent solution.
“How do we make sure they work it out? We start first of all [...]

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Ice Jams lead to flooding in the state

by Karla James 03/9/10 6:00 PM

Flooding is a huge concern right now and the National Weather Service wants people to take the possibility serious.
“We have issued a flood advisory for most of the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers from about Interstate 80 upstream.”
Meteorologist Brian Miller says ice jams are causing some of the problems.
“There are some local ice jams that are [...]

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Prenatal bill advances from committee, only one no vote

by Terry James 03/9/10 11:44 AM

Senator Gwen Howard Omaha
All but one member of the Health and Human services committee has voted to advance a bill to the floor for debate that would provide prenatal care for illegal immigrants. The federal government has stopped funding the care. Senator Gwen Howard of Omaha says you should forget about the persons status and [...]

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Three dead in two Omaha shootings

by Karla James 03/8/10 1:35 PM

Omaha police say two shootings early Sunday morning that left three people dead are gang related. Omaha Police Dept. Lt. Darci Tierney says however, they still do not know if the shootings are related.
The first shooting happened around 1:30 near 45th and Nicholas. Several people were standing outside a home when another group of people [...]

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