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Two senators whose support for the health care overhaul has been in question are speaking out against a proposal to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare.

Delegates to the Nebraska Farm Bureau Convention re-elected Steve Nelson of Axtell as the organization's first vice president today in Kearney.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Sens. Jim Webb , Virginia Democrat, and Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, declined to join with their caucus in voting down a health care overhaul amendment introduced by Mr.

Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, with moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.

Lawmakers moved forward Friday on cutting back a budgeted increase in state aid to education, while school officials pored over newly released estimates of how the changes could affect individual districts.

The formal process of unifying the Clay Center and Sandy Creek school districts in south-central Nebraska will begin May 31 next year.

On Monday, when Dingy Harry Reid announced he included the so-called public option in the Senate health care bill, liberals like New York Senator Chuck-U Schumer did a happy dance; the left's 60-year-old dream of socialized medicine, they think, is one step closer to being realized.

A key Democratic senator said Sunday he believes Democrats are close to the 60 votes they need to advance a health care bill that includes a new program for government-backed health insurance.

Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, says he is open to a government-run health insurance program if states are given the choice to participate.

According to a release from U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, Nebraska is scheduled to receive more than $250,000 for energy efficiency and conservation projects.

Nebraska's Democratic and senior U.S. Senator Ben Nelson conducted a series of town hall meetings during the August recess, focusing on health-care reform.

Nebraskaa s Senator Ben Nelson announced Friday he has scheduled four more public meetings across the state to meet with Nebraskans about health care reform.

Marvon Reichert left work in his hay field to voice his concerns at Senator Nelson's latest healthcare town hall meeting.

Nebraskaa s Senator Ben Nelson announced Friday he has scheduled four more public meetings across the state to meet with Nebraskans about health care reform.

The announcement in the Federal Register made it official. An obscure legislative employee laboring in the depths of the Nebraska Capitol had taken on the federal government and won.

The announcement in the Federal Register made it official. An obscure legislative employee laboring in the depths of the Nebraska Capitol had taken on the federal government and won.

Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states including Nebraska this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system.

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.

Just days after learning he would not face charges of domestic assault a Nuckolls County Sheriff's Deputy is fired... Is there a safety net for her? Is there one for him? What happens to them each now? Who is in Nebraska for police family domestic violence? DEPUTY WON'T FACE ASSAULT CHARGE Omaha World-Herald Published Tuesday June 23, 2009 NELSON, ...

If the heat is too much for you and you don't have air-conditioning, Sioux City's hospitals are offering some help.