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DEVELOPING:
ADDS: PRENATAL CARE
PRENATAL CARE
LINCOLN—A disagreement is brewing between Nebraska lawmakers and Gov. Dave Heineman’s administration about whether pregnant illegal immigrants can keep receiving prenatal care without a significant change in state law. Nebraska’s Medicaid director said Tuesday that a law passed last year that bars illegal immigrants from getting public benefits would have to be changed to allow prenatal care to continue for about 1,000 illegal immigrants. Some lawmakers, however, argue that since any children born to illegal immigrants would be legal U.S. citizens, illegal immigrants won’t actually be receiving state benefits under a program they are considering. By Nate Jenkins.
HELMET LAW
LINCOLN—The perennial effort to repeal Nebraska’s requirement that motorcyclists wear helmets appears headed for one of the closest votes in the two decades that bikers have pushed to be allowed to go helmet-free. Lawmakers stopped short of a first-round vote on Tuesday that would repeal the law, but comments from lawmakers and approval of an amendment suggest that the vote on the repeal measure (LB200) will be close. A first-round vote could come on Wednesday. By Nate Jenkins.
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BUSINESS:
— INFOGROUP LAYOFFS—Database provider InfoGroup Inc. has laid off 40 people as part of companywide restructuring.
SPORTS:
BKC–T25-KANSAS ST-NEBRASKA
LINCOLN—No. 10 Kansas State tries to bounce back from an overtime loss to top-ranked rival Kansas when it visits Nebraska. The Wildcats haven’t won in Lincoln in four years. Game starts 8 p.m. By Eric Olson.
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ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— APARTMENT BODIES—Authorities say two people found dead last month in a southwest Omaha apartment overdosed on a prescription painkiller.
— TRAFFIC STOP-POT—State troopers say they arrested a 53-year-old New Jersey man and seized 75 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop.
— REPORTING FAILURE—A 24-year-old man faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced next month for failing to properly register information with Nebraska authorities.
— CHILD SEX ASSAULT—A 23-year-old South Dakota man has been given one-to-two years in a Nebraska prison for molesting a 13-year-old.
— WASTEWATER VIOLATIONS—A West Point sausage and deli meat company has been ordered to pay $155,000 for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
— TREES POISONED—A 61-year-old man in south-central Nebraska has been fined $5,000 for poisoning trees that blocked his view of Harlan County Lake from a deck on his home.
— FUNERAL PROTEST—A Nebraska judge has removed himself from a Kansas woman’s flag-desecration case because the woman sued the judge.
— HAGEL-NUCLEAR COMMISSION—Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska has been named a member of the White House administration’s new blue ribbon commission on managing nuclear waste.
The AP, Omaha.
