Jan 5, 2012 | The Papillion Times
Bruning: Politics led to grant uproar
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A pipeline's unexpected detour
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which began 2011 as a back-burner issue, spurred a populist opposition movement that led the governor, state senators and the State Department into an about-face over the plan to route the line through Nebraska's Sand Hills.
Bruning's office defends ag grant
The Nebraska Attorney General's Office on Wednesday defended its recent $100,000 grant to a politically connected agriculture group as appropriate - even though it appears to have taken only 32 minutes to approve the grant.