The Platte Institute for Economic Research, a conservative Omaha thinktank, commissioned a study (very large PDF) by two UNK professors released this week proposing that Nebraska consolidate its 93 counties into 28. The Omaha World-Herald has an interesting story on the plan, along with a map of what county would go where.
The study doesn’t analyze how [...]
The Associated Press moved a story yesterday outlining a two-year-old case between Nance County* Attorney Rod Wetovick and the county board of supervisors that goes before the Nebraska Supreme Court next month.
*Nance County is a small county northeast of Grand Island and west of Columbus. Its county seat is Fullerton.
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Mark Coddington is The Independent's Regional Beat reporter covering a large area of Central Nebraska.