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Lincoln signs contract with SMG to manage new arena

Lincoln signs contract with SMG to manage new arena

LINCOLN — The city of Lincoln has signed a management agreement with a Pennsylvania entertainment company that has managed the city’s existing arena since 2000 to manage, market, operate and promote Lincoln’s new arena. SMG manages more than 220 public and private venues in nine countries – including arenas in Wichita and Oklahoma City. The company has managed Lincoln’s existing arena, the 55-year-old Pershing Center , for the past dozen years and was the only company to bid on the job managing the new arena

Vanderbilt Should Voluntarily End ‘All Comers’ Policy: Haslam

People are right to condemn Vanderbilt University for concocting an anti-discrimination policy that seems prejudiced against students seeking to assemble with others who share their religious beliefs, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters Thursday. But Haslam said he still plans to veto a controversial bill the state Legislature passed recently that prohibits public colleges from enacting so-called “all comers” rules that require groups using campus facilities to accept as members and leaders anyone who expresses interest in joining, regardless of whether they embrace the group’s mission and values.

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Bruning goes after Fischer in new ad

Jon Bruning launched a negative ad today going after Sen. Deb Fischer for the first time in the U.S. Senate campaign – indicating his lead is not as secure as it was a few months ago

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Newsletter from the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition ; May 4, 2012: Knoxville Bans Discrimination; Tennessee General Assembly Adjourns The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) is pleased that the Knoxville City Council passed the proposed non discrimination ordinance unanimously. We appreciate all of you who stepped up by contacting your Council members and urging them to ban discrimination in City Government against transgender, lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees. We especially wish to express our gratitude to the Mayor, Madeleine Rogero, for her inspired leadership on this issue

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Occupy Lincoln cleared out in early-morning police raid

A 22-year-old Lincoln man was arrested and another man expelled from the mall in front of the state capitol early today, as 45 Lincoln police officers emerged at 4 a.m. and cleared out the last two protesters who remained after a 202-day campout on the cement and grass mall. Lincoln native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Jeff Eggerss said he was arrested as he tried to videotape the police operation.

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Senate candidate angry at World-Herald for “marginalizing” him

U.S. Senate candidate Pat Flynn has launched an all-out assault on the Omaha World-Herald for not inviting him to tonight’s debate among the top three candidates.  Only Attorney General Jon Bruning , State Treasurer Don Stenberg and state Sen. Deb Fischer will attend the debate sponsored by the World-Herald

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By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter TOPEKA — Kansas is moving closer to converting its $3 billion Medicaid program to a privately run managed-care plan. Medicaid is a state and federal program that pays for about 380,000 Kansans who otherwise could not afford medical care. Kansas’ share is about $1.1 billion annually

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Debate begins in Lincoln over gay rights ordinance

LINCOLN — A Lincoln independent business group is trying to get its hands on a city attorney’s opinion dating to the 1980s because it could have some bearing on an anti-discrimination ordinance headed for the Lincoln City Council . Councilman Carl Eskridge has said he will introduce an ordinance this week that would ban discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity – similar to an ordinance recently passed in Omaha

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Press release from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; April 12, 2012: NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Historical Commission has announced ten Tennessee sites have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. It is part of a nationwide program that coordinates and supports efforts to identify, evaluate and protect historic resources

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Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  For that you can go to the House webpage and  view the video .

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