LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Despite a state budget crunch and a push to lower property taxes, Nebraska lawmakers will likely face another debate over income taxes in next year’s session.

Key lawmakers say they’re hopeful they can reach a compromise on a package and overcome the sharp divide that kept them from passing any major tax measures earlier this year.

Sen. Jim Smith of Papillion, the Revenue Committee chairman, says there isn’t enough support among lawmakers for a measure that focuses solely on income taxes or property taxes.

Lawmakers will begin next year’s session with a projected $195 million revenue shortfall. The tax package proposed in this year’s session would have triggered income tax cuts only after years when the state collects excess revenue.

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LYMAN, Neb. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in western Nebraska have identified a Lyman man killed in a rollover crash.

The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old Russell Surratt died from injuries received in the Thursday afternoon crash.

Officials say Surratt’s family members reported that he was suffering from mental health problems and had fired several gunshots outside of a residence Thursday before leaving in his pickup truck.

Witnesses say Surratt’s truck was speeding on a rural road when it swerved to avoid a crash with a mail carrier. Investigators believe the truck left the road and rolled several times.

Officials were able to pull Surratt from the truck and perform CPR, but he later died at a Scottsbluff hospital.

OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say installation of a new floating fishing dock will affect angler access at Lake Ogallala in western Nebraska.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the angler access area in the northwest corner of the lake will be closed Monday. The work is expected to be completed by Friday.

The commission says all other areas of the state recreation area will remain open.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Those whose hunting and fishing violations lead to license suspensions in most other states will find they’re not welcome to hunt and fish in Nebraska, either.

Nebraska has joined the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, which recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses in member states. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says anyone whose license is suspended in any compact member state may also be suspended in all other member states.

The commission says suspensions on or after Nov. 7 are subject to the compact in Nebraska.

Nebraska is the 46th state to join the compact.

A list of other compact member states and more information may be found at www.outdoornebraska.gov/wildlifecompact .

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A Northern California man has been arrested in south-central Nebraska and charged with possession of marijuana for sale.

60-year-old Curtis Dixon, of Redding, California, was taken into custody Wednesday night about a mile (1.6 kilometers) east of the Cozad interchange on Interstate 80. Online jail records say he remained in Dawson County custody Friday. Court records don’t list the name of attorney who could comment for Dixon.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper pulled over Dixon’s eastbound pickup truck and soon smelled marijuana. A search of the vehicle turned up 48 pounds (21.8 kilograms) of pot. Most of it was in five large trash bags under a sheet of plywood in the truck bed.

Officers from the Chardon Police Department (CPD) and the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a man who was wanted on multiple felony warrants after escaping from the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook, NE on December 21, 2016.

CPD’s investigation into the whereabouts of Charles Canaday, 37, determined that he was hiding at a residence in Chadron. On Wednesday evening, CPD requested NSP SWAT team assistance in serving a search warrant on the home at 502 West Niobrara Ave. While serving the warrant, NSP SWAT found Canaday hiding in the home and observed several items related to drug activity.

CPD obtained a second search warrant to investigate the suspected drug activity. Officers from both CPD and NSP seized several grams of suspected methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and multiple firearms and arrested two other men.

Charles Canaday was arrested and lodged in Dawes County Jail for outstanding warrants from Dawes County and Red Willow County related to his escape from the WEC, including Escape When Under Arrest on a Felony Charge, Attempt of a Class II Felony, Operating a Motor Vehicle to Avoid Arrest, Use of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony, Theft by Unlawful Taking ($500-$1,500) and a charge of Unauthorized Ingestion of a Controlled Substance from Fall River County, South Dakota.

At the time of his escape, Canaday was serving a sentence of six to 24 years for multiple Burglary, Theft, and Criminal Mischief convictions from four Nebraska counties. His escape prompted an alert from the Nebraska State Crime Stoppers network. The Nebraska Crime Stoppers tip-line is always active at 1-800-422-1494 and can also be reached online at www.nebraskacrimestoppers.com.

During the service of the search warrant, Del Canaday, 31, and Gage Canaday, 27, were arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine and being an Accessory to a Felony. Both men were lodged in Dawes County Jail.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says personal income in Nebraska declined since last year.

The Pew Charitable Trust reported Wednesday that Nebraska was one of 10 states where incomes came in lower during the second quarter of 2017, compared with a year earlier. Nebraska and Alaska’s personal income were 0.3 percent lower.

The other states where personal incomes fell from a year earlier were North Dakota, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, Connecticut, South Dakota, Wyoming and Rhode Island.

Personal income includes residents’ paychecks, Social Security benefits, employers’ contributions to retirement and health insurance plans, rental income and public assistance benefits.

Federal officials use state personal income to determine how much financial support each state will receive for certain programs, such as Medicaid.

FRANKLIN, Neb. (AP) — A south-central Nebraska man accused of injuring his 2-month-old daughter has taken a plea deal.

Court records say 21-year-old Dalton Howard, of Upland, pleaded guilty last week in Franklin County District Court to attempted intentional child abuse. Prosecutors had lowered the charge in exchange for Howard’s plea. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 9.

He was arrested in February 2016 after the girl was taken by her mother to a Minden hospital, where the baby was found to have bruising and a brain bleed. The little girl eventually was taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Some University of Nebraska administrators are anticipating significant changes beyond those identified this fall by budget response teams.

The university system and its campuses are seeking to close a hole of more than $50 million resulting from increasing costs and decreasing state money.

System officials say the Lincoln and Kearney campuses, in particular, are preparing for bad news.

A Lincoln campus official says he expects to make up to $8.5 million in cuts in the coming months. Proposals will go to the Academic Planning Committee this month and next. Cuts will go into effect in mid-2018.

A spokesman for the university says people and academic programs will be affected, but the process must play out before details come up.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker who has fought unsuccessfully to expand Medicaid in the state says he will introduce a measure next year that would place the issue on the November 2018 ballot.

Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln made the announcement Tuesday night after Maine became the first state to expand coverage through a statewide referendum.

Nebraska lawmakers have rejected previous attempts to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, but Morfeld says he’s optimistic some senators will be open to letting voters decide the matter.

Gov. Pete Ricketts and former Gov. Dave Heineman opposed expansion efforts, but a legislatively referred ballot measure would only need approval from 30 of the Legislature’s 49 senators to appear on the ballot.

Expanding Medicaid would provide coverage to an estimated 90,000 Nebraska residents.