Lincoln land use study panel to blend two bills
Agriculture panel leaders said they will merge two land use bills into a statutory study committee on land use planning. The group will include state senators, agricultural group reps, city officials, and a few state agencies, aiming to identify core areas, define state roles, study federal actions, and present proposals to the governor and legislature.
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Lincoln
Agriculture Committee
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
John DeCamp
Neligh
DeCamp
Len Douglas Bereuler
Utica
Bereuter
Ag Committee
Slow but steady drive aims to reopen Miller Hospital
Two months into a community fund drive in Chappell to raise over 75 thousand dollars for Miller Memorial Hospital reopening, the campaign has collected more than 18 thousand dollars. A spokesman reported the progress and stressed continued fundraising.
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Chappell
Miller Memorial Hospital
Physician Placement Drive Aims To Reopen Chappell Hospital
The campaign to attract a doctor to Chappell Nebraska pairs with a Xi Alpha Alpha grocery give away. Proceeds fund the hospital drive and a drawing at the Chappell Chamber of Commerce dinner offers $50 in groceries and multiple cash prizes.
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Xi Alpha Alpha Sorority
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
City planners review rezoning request on Jackson Street
Sidney Planning Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Council chambers to hear former resident John Scholl seek rezoning of his Jackson Street lots to R3 multi family district. The item was forwarded from a City Council meeting weeks earlier for review.
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Sidney
Planning Commission
John Scholl
Jackson St
Schou
City Hall
Slurry line on PRC agenda in Scottsbluff meeting
The Panhandle Resource Council will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in Panhandle Station Room 200 Scottsbluff Nebraska. Jerry Kromberg plans to discuss an umbrella agency for comprehensive planning funding for Dawes County and a full time staff planner. The council will consider reposing construction of a coal slurry Biotline in Weygton and discuss housing natural resources and human resources.
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Panhandle Resource Council
University of Nebraska Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Jerry Kromberg
State Office of Planning and Programming
Dawes County
Wey Gton
Panhandle Station
Mild Weather Grips Nebraska With Warm Sunday
Balmy weather marked Nebraska on Sunday with temperatures reaching 64 degrees in Scottsbluff while Sidney cooled to 26 for the state low. Partly cloudy conditions were forecast in the west for Monday night with variable cloudiness throughout the state as St Patrick’s Day approaches.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
St Patrick's Day
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Kremer sees floor action on underground water bill LB577
Lincoln AP report notes Sen Maurice Kremer of Aurora says enough votes exist to pass underground water legislation. The bill LB577 lets water resources districts manage groundwater in short supply areas and requires a public hearing before any control area designation. Local NRDs would allocate water among irrigators and regulate well spacing and usage.
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Eric Kramer
Associated Press
Lincoln
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Public Works Committee
Kremer
Department of Water Resources and Natural Resources Disttricts
Department of Water Resources
South Platte Natural Resources District
Bob Hahn
Hahn
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
Cheyenne County
South Platte
NRD
NRD Board
Gordon Peterson
Paul Douglas
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Legislature delays vote on 59 million tech college rescue bill
Lincoln AP reports the Nebraska unicameral postponed a final vote on LB537 to provide a 59 million deficit appropriation to rescue financially troubled technical community colleges. Questions over SUN program funds led Sen Leslie Stull to seek more time, with 26-8 support. The measure also allocates 2.6 million to local governments to cover excess homestead exemptions caused by a Supreme Court ruling.
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Lincoln
Alliance
Leslie Stull
the Sun
State University of Nebraska
Stull
Omaha
Glenn Goodrich
Tech
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cheyenne County Considers Zoning Code and Master Plan
The County Planning Commission wrapped up review of a proposed zoning code and a comprehensive development plan with an April 2 public hearing, the first chance for the public to see the proposed forms. If approved later by the County Commissioners the zoning code would become law creating eight districts including agriculture and various residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Officials project about 99 percent of the county will be zoned agricultural once the final map is approved.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bob Britzman
Greeley, Colo
Cheyenne County
County Planning Commission
Britzman
Honeymoon Ends for Kansas Legislator Couple Hesss
Paul Hess is a second-term senator and Sharon Hess a first-term state representative. They are the first husband and wife team serving simultaneously in the Kansas legislature. Their political duties limit private time and discussions occur mainly during weekend drives between Wichita and Topeka. The piece notes the challenges of writing to their legislators and the jokes political couples face, including a quip about a resolution to prohibit sleeping with representatives.
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Topeka
Kan
Paul
Sharon Hess
Sharon
Kansas
Wichita
Rep
Sen Hesses
Hon
Hon Hesses
Setar
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