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DEVELOPING: ATTORNEY GENERAL-GRIEVANCE, XGR–NEBRASKA BUDGET WOES
ADDS: EARNS-TD AMERITRADE, EARNS-LEE ENTERPRISES
ATTORNEY GENERAL-GRIEVANCE
OMAHA—A Lincoln attorney has filed a grievance alleging Attorney General Jon Bruning violated rules of professional conduct in comments he made about a judge and a lawyer. Korey Reiman said Tuesday that Bruning disrespected the law and resorted to personal attacks on Lincoln County District Judge John Murphy and Omaha attorney Stu Dornan during a radio show earlier this month. By Jean Ortiz.
XGR–NEBRASKA BUDGET WOES
LINCOLN—Layoffs, fewer health care providers for people with developmental disabilities and dirtier state-owned buildings are some possible effects of budget cuts approved by Nebraska lawmakers. The possible consequences of cuts approved during a special legislative session are outlined in 77 separate reports from state agencies released on Tuesday. By Nate Jenkins.
With:
— CURTAILING CONTRACTS—It could become tougher to land a contract with the biggest employer in Nebraska—state government.
BUSINESS:
EARNS-TD AMERITRADE
OMAHA—Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Tuesday lower interest rates and higher expenses drove its first-quarter profit down 26 percent, but the company will be ready to grow when rates rise. Healthy trading volume wasn’t enough to offset a decline of 10 percent in asset-based revenue and an increase of nearly 31 percent in expenses, the company said. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: Also moving on national lines.
AP Photo NYBZ116.
EARNS-LEE ENTERPRISES
NEW YORK—Lee Enterprises Inc., which publishes the Lincoln Journal Star and other newspapers, posted its second consecutive quarterly profit Tuesday, helped by falling costs and a smaller drop in ad revenue. Like other publishers, Lee has been trimming expenses to deal with a prolonged slump that has reduced ad revenue by as much as a third at some newspapers. Lee cut 1,000 jobs in its fiscal 2009, ending the year with about 7,200 employees. It also has outsourced operations such as printing and delivery. By Business Writer Andrew Vanacore. Eds: Version also moving on national lines.
AP Photo NYBZ115.
ALSO:
— THE MERCANTILE SALE—An Iowa company is buying a Nebraska-based chain of farm and ranch supply stores.
SPORTS:
— T25-NEBRASKA-YORI—Nebraska women’s basketball coach Connie Yori says she’s not worried about the Cornhuskers’ highest national ranking ever going to her players’ heads.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NEBRASKA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK—The Nebraska Business Forecast Council is optimistic about Nebraska’s economy over the next two years. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— FATHER KILLED—An Omaha woman has been given four-to-five years in prison for helping get rid of a slain man’s body.
— COLUMBUS CHILD PORN—A 32-year-old Columbus man has been given three-to-four years in prison for possessing child pornography.
— ICE STORM—Extreme southeast South Dakota could be in store for an ice storm.
— GUARDSMAN ARRESTED—La Vista police have arrested a member of the Nebraska Army National Guard. They say he tried to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex.
— EXONERATED INMATES-LAWSUITS—A federal judge has set trial dates for lawsuits filed by five people wrongly imprisoned for a 1985 murder and later cleared by DNA evidence.
— NEB GOVERNOR’S RACE—Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has filed for re-election.
— NEB TROUBLED CENTER—A report to the Legislature says it has cost Nebraska about $4.1 million to move 47 “medically fragile” residents out of the Beatrice State Developmental Center and into hospitals and nursing homes.
— STATE OF JUDICIARY—Chief Justice Mike Heavican is scheduled to share his view of Nebraska’s judiciary with the Legislature this week.
The AP, Omaha.
