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LEGISLATURE:
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
LINCOLN—Nebraska lawmakers deciding whether there should be a ban on texting while driving may only get one side of the issue. No one testified in opposition to a texting-ban bill (LB945) during a legislative hearing on Tuesday. And there have been no letters of opposition written to the committee that is handling the bill. By Nate Jenkins.
Also:
— TEEN DRINKING—Nebraska lawmakers are expected to debate whether teens caught possessing alcohol should loses their driver’s licenses for a time.
— COUNTY CONSOLIDATION—Nebraska counties won’t disappear anytime soon. A legislative committee announced Tuesday it had killed a bill (LB826) that would have required lawmakers to study how to reduce the number of counties.
HUSBAND-SEX ASSAULT
FALLS CITY—A Nebraska woman whose pregnancy at 13 led to prison for her then-22-year-old husband says she’s happy with her choices. Five years after the pregnancy and ensuing criminal case, Crystal Koso, now 19, is still married to Matthew Koso. They live in Falls City and are awaiting the birth of a fourth child. One was fathered by another man while Matthew Koso was locked up after being convicted of having sex with a child.
LINCOLN ARENA
LINCOLN—Lincoln voters will be asked in May whether they’re willing to pay for a new arena to replace Pershing Center. The City Council voted 6-0 Monday to put a funding proposal for $25 million on the May 11 primary election ballot.
SENATE-NLRB
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are unable to muscle through President Barack Obama’s choice of a union attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, because one of their own has joined the Republicans to block the nomination. The task for Democratic leaders, already made dicey by bad weather, turned more difficult when Sen. Ben Nelson, a conservative Nebraska Democrat, said Monday night he would join Republicans in opposing the lawyer, Craig Becker. By Sam Hananel.
BUSINESS:
BUFFETT-PAULSON TALK
OMAHA—Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit. The staunch Democrat investor and the Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush spoke onstage Tuesday before 2,400 at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting. By Business Writer Josh Funk.
AP Photos NENH102, NENH103, NENH101.
Also:
— WILD KINGDOM LAWSUIT—Mutual of Omaha is suing a Richmond, Va.-based paper and packaging products giant in a dispute over a wildlife calendar.
SPORTS:
T25-UNBEATEN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN—Huskies, make room for the Huskers. It could be argued that top-ranked Connecticut, with its 62 straight victories and 30-point winning margins, is so dominant that a wire-to-wire run to a second straight national title is a done deal. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photos NENH107, NENH108.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— FATHER KILLED—A 17-year-old from Mississippi who last year helped a young Elkhorn man beat and stomp his father to death has pleaded guilty.
— OMAHA MURDER—A 38-year-old Kansas woman has been convicted of killing again, this time in Omaha.
— MISSOURI RIVER JUMPER—Cass County authorities have ended their search for the body of a Plattsmouth teenager who they believe jumped off a bridge into the frigid water of the Missouri River.
— BOWLING ALLEY SHOOTING—Police have arrested a 19-year-old Omaha man on suspicion of fatally shooting another man at an Omaha bowling alley.
— COACH CONVICTED—A 31-year-old man who coached girls basketball on the Winnebago Indian Reservation has been given two years in prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl on his team.
— ROBBER SENTENCED—An Omaha man has been given seven years in prison for robbing an Omaha bank and violating his federal probation.
— OMAHA SLAYINGS—Police have told relatives about the shooting deaths of two Omaha residents and have released the victims’ names.
— FARGO ROOF COLLAPSE—Authorities say snow and ice buildup led to roof collapses at a large food warehouse in Fargo.
— NEB PLANE CRASH—Government investigators say one of the engines on a plane that crashed in northeast Nebraska last summer shook violently shortly after takeoff.
— MINDEN FATALITY—Authorities say a Kearney man is dead after a two-vehicle crash just west of Minden.
The AP, Omaha.
