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Nebraska lawmaker among those who optioned land for potential data center project

Read the full article on KMTV 3 LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) — As private energy developer Tenaska scoured southeast Nebraska for land to house a potential data center and power plant, the company found several Gage County landowners willing to sell — including a state lawmaker. Sen. Myron Dorn, whose district includes Gage and […]

Ricketts carries Senate version of GOP bill on stock trading limits, sales disclosures

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — The U.S. Senate appears poised to puff from the long-held public disclosure pipe dream of greater financial accountability for congressional stock trading. U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., on Wednesday proposed the Senate companion to a House proposal to limit and disclose the stock purchases and sales […]

McKeon enters diversion program for disturbing the peace case in Lancaster County

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Former State Sen. Dan McKeon of Amherst has been accepted into a diversion program as an alternative to prosecution for a disturbing the peace misdemeanor charge in Lancaster County. In a two-page court filing Monday, McKeon requested that Lancaster County Court Judge Matt Acton delay McKeon’s trial […]

Nebraska Democratic Senate candidate Burbank sues to get back on the ballot

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Democrat Cindy Burbank is suing to get back on Nebraska’s U.S. Senate ballot, and she’s short of time.  Burbank filed her lawsuit in Lancaster County District Court on Tuesday, arguing that Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s decision to remove her from the ballot violated her […]

‘Luck of the Irish’ reigns as lawmakers advance Nebraska-Irish trade bill

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh credited “luck of the Irish” for ideal timing that put a bill to create a Nebraska-Irish trade commission up for legislative debate on Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day. It didn’t hurt either, others noted, that the bill’s architect was Speaker John Arch, […]