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Although the pandemic is no longer an emergency, the majority of Nebraska legislature voted to take more federal emergency money.
Nebraska's plan to spend millions on a S. Platte River canal in Colorado advances in the state legislature.
The bill would force the governor to apply for $120 million in federal rental assistance, which Gov. Pete Ricketts has repeatedly said is unnecessary.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska took another step Wednesday toward building a canal that would divert water out of neighboring Colorado under a 99-year-old compact, a project based in fears about the Denver area's growing use of the South Platte River that runs through both states.
The Nebraska Legislature gave first-round approval to four big water projects, despite some senators' skepticism about a couple of them.