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DEVELOPING: CAMPAIGN MONEY-NEBRASKA, STATE BUDGETS-SAGGING STATES, T25-NEBRASKA-SUH
ADDS: DRAWING ON DAD
CAMPAIGN MONEY-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—With more than a year to go before the general election, Nebraska’s 2nd District congressional race is already on track to become a bank-buster. Democrat Tom White’s campaign says he raised more than $200,000 in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. He’s seeking the 2nd District nomination to run against Republican incumbent Lee Terry. By Margery A. Beck.
STATE BUDGETS-SAGGING STATES
BOSTON—A report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government showed second-quarter 2009 tax revenues in the 50 states dropped a record 16.6 percent, or $200 billion. Forty-nine states saw sales, personal income and corporate tax receipts fall as well. In Nebraska, net tax revenues fell $40 million short of official projections in September, and so far this fiscal year, they are 6.5 percent below projections. In response to the Nebraska problems, the governor has called a special legislative session, and legislators are expected to target agencies and services that are usually spared budget cuts. Eds: Moving on state and national lines.
DRAWING ON DAD
FREMONT—Broken pencils. Crayons. Rocks. Batteries. They may sound just like a bunch of random items, but to Lizzie Hughes they’re potential art pieces. A Nebraskaland Feature by Tammy Greunke of the Fremont Tribune.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA-SUH
LINCOLN—Rich Glover played for Nebraska almost 40 years ago, and Ndamukong Suh regrets that he’s never had a chance to watch film of him. But Suh has heard the stories of how Glover was a one-man game-changer in the middle of Nebraska’s defensive line. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photos.
WITH:
— BIG 12 CAPSULES
— FBC–NEBRASKA-SUH-LOMBARDI
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NORTH PLATTE ASSAULT—A North Platte man faces three more counts of sexual assault of a child.
— ABUSE ARREST—The mother of a little boy who police say was abused by the woman’s boyfriend also has been charged with child abuse.
— SOAKED SUSPECT—A police chase down country roads in northern Nebraska ended with a splash into a sandpit.
— UNPAID WORKERS—Former workers of an Omaha sports bar and restaurant that went out of business last month say they haven’t been paid for the last two weeks they worked there.
— NEB FATAL FALL—A trial date has been scheduled for a Nebraska man’s lawsuit alleging that Wal-Mart should be blamed for his wife’s fatal fall at the company’s Chadron store.
— CHILDREN-LEGAL RIGHTS—Nebraska has received an average grade in a new report that reviews how states protect the rights of abused and neglected children.
— REFUGE ROADS—Roads in the popular DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska and Iowa will be closed periodically over the next few months to allow for safe deer hunting.
— NEB STIMULUS-WEEPING WATER—Federal stimulus money is headed to Weeping Water as a $500,000 loan.
The AP, Omaha.
