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Gov. Pete Ricketts rejects Legislature’s call to apply for $120 million in rental aid

This story originally ran in the Nebraska Examiner. Gov. Pete Ricketts again swatted down the notion of getting $120 million in federal rental and utility aid for Nebraska, as he vetoed a bill Tuesday that the Legislature had passed calling on him to apply for the money. In a letter to the Legislature, the governor said accepting […]