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Archive of Nebraska on Tuesday June 30, 2009
NE: Red Cross program to help pay Nebraska utility bills
OMAHA, Neb. — The American Red Cross and Omaha Public Power District have teamed up again this year to help residents in 13 southeast Nebraska counties with their utility bills. Read More
NE: HHS leader promises openness
The Omaha attorney named as the new chief executive officer of Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services promised Monday to promote openness and responsibility within the agency. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
NE: Nebraska offers geopicting contest
Ross Sukup took a few pictures with his digital Kodak while fishing with a buddy on the backwaters of the Missouri River last summer. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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