OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Indian Gaming Commission has again approved the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s plan to build a casino near Omaha, but after a decade of court hearings, the project’s future remains uncertain.

The Commission ruling this week came nearly 10 years after it first approved the proposed casino in Carter Lake, Iowa.

Ponca Tribal Chairman Larry Wright Jr. celebrated the latest decision because building the casino would give the tribe significant new resources to help its members.

The tribe wants to build a casino with 2,000 slot machines, 50 table games and a 150-room hotel.

Iowa Attorney General spokesman Geoff Greenwood says the office is still reviewing the decision and deciding whether to appeal.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s office didn’t immediately respond to a message Wednesday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Voters in Omaha’s Millard Public School District have voted 2-to-1 to pass a levy override that will raise taxes in the district to benefit its schools.

Override approved Tuesday gives the district the ability to levy up to 9 cents per every $100 of land valuation, over the $1.05 already allowed under state law. District officials have said that without the override, they would have to cut academic programs.

If Millard used all 9 cents of its new taxing authority, the school taxes on a $150,000 house would increase by $135 a year.

District officials have said they’re unlikely to use the full 9 cents next year.

Of Nebraska’s 244 school districts, only the Westside district in Omaha currently has an override.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island City Council has approved the sale of a fire station in anticipation of building a new one.

Council members voted 8-0, with two members absent, on Tuesday to approve an ordinance for the sale of the current Fire Station No. 4 property to home improvement company Menard’s.

The agreement calls for $103,015 to be paid to the city for the current the station. City Attorney Jerry Janulewicz has said that amount would be for the current property, and that Menard’s will pay the additional cost to construct a new Fire Station No. 4 building at 13th Street and North Road.

Janulewicz says the closing date will depend on the city and Menard’s agreeing to plans and specifications for the new fire station.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Power District says it plans to use renewable sources to provide half the energy it sells to retails customers by 2020.

The utility announced the plan Monday during the annual Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference in Lincoln.

President and CEO Tim Burke says the utility is working on a request for proposals to add up to 300 megawatts of wind energy. The company also plans to build a 160 megawatt wind farm in Wayne County that’s expected to open in 2019.

Less than 20 percent of the utility’s 2016 retail sales came from renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, natural gas extracted from a landfill and hydropower from dams.

The utility serves Omaha and surrounding areas.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Tribal Council has taken steps to take over management of a hospital on a Native American reservation in northeastern Nebraska.

The council voted last week to initiate the process of taking control of the Omaha Winnebago Hospital.

The tribe hopes to assume operation of the hospital by July 1.

Self-governance allows Native American tribes to assume administration of federal programs. A steering committee has been formed to help the Winnebago Tribal Council prepare for the negotiations and eventual management of the hospital.

The move comes more than two years after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services terminated the hospital’s Medicare contract after the Indian Health Service and hospital officials failed to correct serious quality-of-care deficiencies the agency had found.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Workers are repairing a hydrogen leak at Cooper Nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska after the problem was discovered in one of the turbines during maintenance.

Nebraska Public Power District spokesman Mark Becker says the small hydrogen leak isn’t in the power plant’s nuclear systems, and it doesn’t represent a safety threat.

The plant near Brownville, Nebraska, continued operating after the leak was found Tuesday morning.

Becker said the utility is working to repair the leak by the end of Tuesday. The hydrogen is used to help cool the turbine.

The utility notified regulators about the problem, and issued what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission calls a notice of unusual event.

NRC spokesman Joey Leford said the agency’s inspectors are monitoring the repairs.