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Nebraska advances new budget with virus fears in mind

by Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 4:05 PM

LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a $9.4 billion, two-year state budget that shovels millions of extra dollars into the state’s rainy-day fund amid fears about the global pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

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