LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The issue of health care still remains up in the air in Nebraska with just over a month to go before health insurers have to declare their intentions for selling policies in 2018.

The U.S. House passed the American Health Care Act last week, which has some differences from the Affordable Care Act that some insurers haven’t found favorable. The law could also dramatically change the way marketplace exchanges work.

No company has yet submitted forms or rates to the Nebraska Department Insurance despite the June 15 due date.

Medica, one of two companies currently selling individual health insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act, says it intends to remain in the market next year.

The AHCA still needs approval from the Senate.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A measure criticized as harmful to Nebraska’s craft breweries has been defeated in the Legislature.

Lawmakers voted 30-4 on Wednesday to strip the proposal out of a larger alcohol bill.

The proposal would have clarified that beer produced by microbreweries must first go to a distributor’s warehouse before it gets shipped to liquor stores, grocery stores, and other outlets.

Craft brewers say it would have stifled an industry that has flourished throughout Nebraska. Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue says the requirement would force small, rural microbreweries to send their products to warehouses in bigger cities, adding potentially hundreds of miles to each shipment and increasing costs.

Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill says his proposal would preserve the three-tiered distribution system intended to prevent tax fraud.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the cause of the death for two inmates killed during a Nebraska prison uprising.

The Department of Correctional Services said Wednesday that Michael Galindo died of smoke inhalation and was also stabbed and beaten. A second inmate, Damon Fitzgerald, was stabbed, beaten, burned and strangled.

Both inmates were found dead after a March 2 uprising at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in southeast Nebraska. Authorities say they’re still investigating the deaths.

Galindo was serving a sentence for robbery and other offenses. Fitzgerald was in prison for crimes including sexual assault.

The uprising came after a larger riot at the prison in May 2015 in which two other inmates were killed.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s revenue department says state revenue fell below expectations in April, but a tax policy group says the report doesn’t use the newest available numbers.

The Nebraska Department of Revenue reported Wednesday that net tax receipts totaled $478 million in April, which is more than 10 percent below a state forecast that was certified in February.

The OpenSky Policy Institute says that report doesn’t consider a newer state forecast that was approved last month but hasn’t yet been certified. When the April estimates are factored in, OpenSky says revenue was actually 2 percent higher than expected.

Nebraska State Budget Administrator Gerry Oligmueller says the state is still $16 million short of its expected revenue for the fiscal year, based on the latest forecast that still has to be certified.

A 30-year-old North Platte man is facing charges after he allegedly burglarized a home where one of his relatives lives.

On May 7, 2017, North Platte police responded to the report of a burglary at a residence in the 2400 block of West 5th Street.

The homeowner told the responding officer that they had been away from the home for several days. They advised that, upon their return, they discovered a broken window and that several items were missing.

Among the missing items were clothing, electronics, jewelry and a handgun.

As officers investigated further they identified Austin Desiderio, a relative of one of the residents, as a possible suspect.

Investigator John Deal says some documents were taken from the home during the alleged burglary that would be worthless to anyone except Desiderio.

On May 9, officers made contact with Desiderio at a residence in the 200 block of South Chestnut and placed him under arrest on an active warrant. Deal says Desiderio spoke with officers and, a short time later, the stolen handgun along with some of the other property was located.

Desiderio was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and charged with felony burglary. The warrant was for failure to pay on a prior DUI and false reporting.