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By Monica Davey, The New York Times
LINCOLN, Neb. — In an unusual pushback against President Obama's expansion of federal financing of human embryonic stem cell research, the University of Nebraska is considering restricting its stem cell experiments to cell lines approved by President George W. Bush.
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By JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
Gov. Dave Heineman called 49 senators to Lincoln 2 1/2 weeks ago to find a solution to a budget crisis. He met with the Appropriations Committee and other key committee chairs Nov. 2, and held briefings with others, to outline his proposal to cut the two-year budget to fill a gap in revenue. Then, according to a few senators, he more or less disappeared.
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McGill named head of Urban Affairs Committee
By JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Sen. Amanda McGill was elected Thursday to chair the Legislature's Urban Affairs Committee.
She will succeed Omaha Sen. Mike Friend, who resigned this summer to become the first director of the state's Office of Violence Prevention.
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UNL and witch settle lawsuit
By The Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald
A woman who sued the University of Nebraska last year, saying the school fired her because she is a witch, has agreed to settle the case for $40,000.
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 | Gov. Dave Heineman (R)
Succeeded: January 2005, Elected: November 2006
Term expires: January 2011 |
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