"Nebraska is declining their request because we are reserving our resources for serving our kids," the governor said. "I do not want our kids harmed as the result of President Biden's bad policies."

Public servants have a "special obligation" to implement the law "without regard to political preference, personal bias or administrative expediency," the employee wrote in his resignation letter. 

A Nebraska prison inmate has sued the state, saying that her right to obtain an abortion has been unconstitutionally blocked by prison officials and that she needs the procedure by next week.

The proclamation comes as President Joe Biden recently announced a plan to address gun violence. A growing number of Nebraska counties have adopted similar "sanctuary" resolutions.

Jessica Flanagain, campaign manager for Gov. Pete Ricketts in 2018, already is aboard the Jim Pillen train as campaign manager.

Cody Morris told of how his family have developed chronic sinus infections after moving to Mead a few years ago, never having experienced them before."When do we the people stop this?" Morris asked to applause.

"I oppose the so-called red flag laws endorsed by the president because they would violate the due process rights of gun owners," Gov. Pete Ricketts said. 

For three years, Rep. Don Bacon has suffered from worsening cough and shortness of breath. A few weeks ago, he learned that the condition is a lingering injury from a Jan. 31, 2018, Amtrak crash.

The Nebraska Democratic Party on Friday condemned what they called a "dangerous and reckless attack" by the Omaha Young Republicans on state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha. 

Ryan Hamilton, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, describes Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha as the Legislature's most liberal member.