LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state senator has moved to override Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto of a bill that would allow people convicted of felonies to vote two years earlier.

Sen. Justin Wayne of Omaha, who sponsored the bill to allow felons to vote immediately after finishing their sentences, filed the motion Tuesday. He says Ricketts’ veto was an “overtly political action” that will continue to suppress voters.

Wayne says laws preventing felons from voting stem from attempts to disenfranchise black Americans after the Civil War.

Ricketts said in a letter to lawmakers that the bill could violate the Nebraska constitution by creating the equivalent of a legislative pardon.

Overturning a veto requires 30 votes, and the bill had between 27 and 32 votes during its three readings.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A tax cut package backed by Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has stalled in the Legislature.

Supporters on Tuesday failed to overcome a filibuster led by opponents who argued it would have favored the wealthy and not done enough for agricultural land owners. Lawmakers voted 27-9 to end legislative debate, six short of what was needed.

The plan would have lowered Nebraska’s top personal and corporate income tax rates, adjusted the way agricultural land is valued for tax purposes, capped statewide property tax growth and expanded the earned income tax credit for low-income residents.

Sen. Jim Smith of Papillion, who sponsored the bill, says he was extremely disappointed with the vote. Smith says it illustrates how difficult it is to pass income tax legislation in the Legislature.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would require schools to accommodate pregnant and parenting students.

Senators voted 31-7 to pass the measure Tuesday over continued objection from conservative rural senators who say schools in their districts do not need a policy to take care of their students. Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard failed to amend the bill to limit it to schools Douglas and Lancaster counties.

The bill would require schools to give breastfeeding students a space to express and store milk and adopt written policies for how to handle absences and coursework.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would require schools to accommodate pregnant and parenting students.

Senators voted 31-7 to pass the measure Tuesday over continued objection from conservative rural senators who say schools in their districts do not need a policy to take care of their students. Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard failed to amend the bill to limit it to schools Douglas and Lancaster counties.

The bill would require schools to give breastfeeding students a space to express and store milk and adopt written policies for how to handle absences and coursework.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Preliminary autopsy results say a Scottsbluff man whose body was found in a ditch likely died of exposure.

Scottsbluff Police Capt. Brian Wasson says toxicology test results aren’t expected for at least two weeks. Wasson said Monday that nothing found by investigators so far suggests 45-year-old Billy LaDeaux died as a result of a crime.

Two teenage boys found the body around 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Family members last saw LaDeaux on Thursday night. He lived in Scottsbluff.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would allow Nebraska’s natural resources district to continue levying a temporary 3-cent property tax for every $100 of valuation has stalled in the Legislature.

The proposal failed to overcome a filibuster on Tuesday. Lawmakers voted 31-9 to force an end to legislative debate, two votes shy of the minimum needed.

The bill by Sen. Curt Friesen of Henderson was backed by a leading advocate for the state’s natural resources districts. The levy only could have been used for implement groundwater management activities. Opponents say it conflicts with the Legislature’s efforts to lower property taxes.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans in Nebraska’s capital were given a warm welcome home more than four decades after returning from war.

650 Vietnam veterans from Nebraska were flown to Washington to visit the Vietnam War memorial and pay tribute to their fallen comrades. More than 58,000 Americans died in the war.

The veterans took four Honor Flight jets back to the Lincoln Airport Monday night and were greeted by thousands waving U.S. flags.

It was a homecoming many of the veterans didn’t receive when they returned from the war. Rick Siebert of Fairbury says only his parents were at the airport to greet him.

The airport ceremony was organized by Patriotic Productions.