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DEVELOPING: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, SECURITIES PROBE, BBC–NEBRASKA-KANSAS
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
LINCOLN—For more than 20 years, Lucas Guttentag has taken his arguments about immigrants’ rights into courtrooms, classrooms and in front of crowds. Despite talk of immigration reform on the federal level, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrant Rights Project is set to make an appearance Saturday in Lincoln to go over a long list of challenges that remain. By Jean Ortiz.
AP Photos.
SECURITIES PROBE
LINCOLN—The trustee of a troubled Grand Island insurance agency has warned customers of an affiliated company to find a new insurer. In letters sent this week to First Nations Compensation Plan customers, Thomas Stalnaker said the company does not have “sufficient liquidity to continue operations.” Eds: Also moving on financial lines.
SEDIMENT
VERMILLION, S.D.—Sediment is considered a problem at Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton and other points along the Missouri River. But Tim Cowman, director of the Missouri River Institute, says there’s a lack of sediment on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. It’s trapped in the Midwest and needs to build up the Mississippi delta, he said. Eds: Note Nebraska interest.
SPORTS:
CAR–OPEN ROAD
SANDERSON, Texas—Once a year, to the delight of speed demons from around the country, a stretch of normally deserted highway becomes a Texas version of the autobahn—a road with no speed limit. And better yet, the traffic cops allow it. They’ve been known to encourage the speeders who sometimes top 160 mph. By Michael Graczyk. Eds: Previously moved in advance.
AP Photos DN101, DN102.
ALSO:
BBC–NEBRASKA-KANSAS—Game time is 6 p.m. CDT.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— I-80 FALL—An Omaha woman was injured when she fell from a moving pickup on Interstate 80 near Gretna.
— AG ACHIEVEMENT—The Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement will recognize two honorees and elect seven new members at its annual banquet on May 1.
— HOSPITAL AWARD—The Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings has won a statewide award recognizing organizations that improve public health, particularly among underserved populations.
— TRACTOR FEST—The Nebraska tractor museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is marking the 100th birthday of an important machine.
The AP, Omaha.
