A Nebraska lawmaker with an important role in changing the state's safe-haven statute says the Legislature might be asked to do more than put an age limit in the law that has led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children. ...more

November 17, 2008

The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. ...more

November 14, 2008

LINCOLN, Neb. - The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. She was also running out of time: She knew that state lawmakers would soon meet in a special session to amend the ill-fated law so that it applies to newborns only. ...more

November 13, 2008

Stung by the abandonments of children as old as 17 under Nebraska's brand-new safe-haven law, the governor and lawmakers agreed Monday to narrow the law's broad wording to protect only the parents of newborns from prosecution. ...more

October 21, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama proposed more immediate steps Monday to heal the nation's ailing economy, including a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures at some banks and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs. ...more

October 14, 2008

More than a dozen children have been abandoned under Nebraska's unique safe-haven law, which allows children as old as 18 to be abandoned without fear of prosecution. But the case of a 14-year-old girl from Iowa has stoked fears of an influx of unwanted out-of-state children. ...more

October 9, 2008

When Nebraska lawmakers passed a "safe-haven" law that allowed parents to abandon children as old as 18, they never seriously thought such drop-offs would become common. ...more

September 27, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County residents who want to speak out on the school district's proposed 2008-09 budget get one more chance Tuesday. ...more

September 14, 2008

A select panel of lawmakers tapped $672 million from a reserve fund this week, but Florida is still facing a potential budget deficit that could force the Legislature into special session after the November election. ...more

September 13, 2008

The School Board of Highlands County approved a slight increase in the ad valorum tax rate and approved its 2008-09 budget. ...more

September 12, 2008