As someone descended from Irish and German immigrants, Sen. Mike Groene said he considered himself a mongrel, and said others in the community where he grew up proudly saw themselves that way, too.

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.

"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."

Gov. Pete Ricketts holds a news conference Monday on the state's coronavirus response.

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. 

Legislation would allow drivers who are stopped for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs to continue to drive to school, work or other activities if they consent to testing twice a day pending their trial. 

Some 237 Nebraskans have contracted new strains of the virus. 

Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh was brought into the process with a probe beginning in the Health and Human Services Committee. She had been excluded from an executive board special investigative subcommittee even though she had proposed it.

Eligible applicants include county and city governments, Native tribal organizations, small businesses and nonprofit organizations with providers required to be licensed by the state.

"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.