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While members of Congress work to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act, some states are scrambling to fulfill their role under portions of the existing program as a pharmaceutical provider of last resort. Although it isn’t the first time states have had to institute waiting lists for participation in the program, this does mark the first time such waiting lists have been instituted without a clear path to additional funding to provide the needed funds.

BELLEVUE, Neb. — The battle over a woman’s right to choose abortion has been reignited in Kansas since the May 31 murder of Dr. George Tiller. Over the weekend, the battle moved north to this small town near Omaha where Dr. LeRoy Carhart provides abortion services. Several Iowans were among the individuals from at least 17 states who came to let their voices be heard.

The state of Nebraska faces a situation most parents can’t comprehend. At last count 34 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 17 years, have been left at Nebraska hospitals under the auspices of a vaguely written “Safe Haven” law.

Voters concerned about federal agriculture policies will gravitate toward Barack Obama, said Nebraska senator Ben Nelson at the Iowa State Fair Thursday.

A western Iowa woman has been booked into the Hall County Jail in Nebraska, accused of dumping more than 20 dead dogs in a cornfield near Grand Island.