Nebraska lawmakers are convening for the final day of this year's session, and will try to override Gov. Dave Heineman's vetoes of at least four controversial bills.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lawmakers will meet Wednesday for their 60th day of the session. They are expected to attempt veto overrides on four bills.
One measure would allow machine bets on previously run horse races. Another would allow cities to increase their sales tax rates with voter approval. A third would create a grant program for schools to create health centers. And the fourth would restore taxpayer-funded prenatal care to low-income women, including illegal immigrants.
Lawmakers need 30 votes on each bill to override. The prenatal care and sales tax bills both garnered enough votes for an override, if the support holds.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that will allow the state to proceed with its review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska.
The Republican governor signed the measure Tuesday, declaring the review process a top priority for his state.
The state review stopped in January, when President Barack Obama denied a permit for the project after congressional Republicans tried to force his hand. Environmental groups strongly oppose the proposed crude oil pipeline, which would travel through Nebraska on a Canada-to-Texas route.
The bill will allow the Nebraska to proceed, regardless of what happens at the federal level. It will go into effect after midnight on Wednesday.
A spokesman for pipeline developer TransCanada says the company will submit a proposed corridor through Nebraska very soon.
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