(AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are being asked to take a new approach to roads funding, with a bill that would allow the state to finance high-priority projects with bonds.

Nebraska has used a pay-as-you-go system for decades, but supporters said Wednesday that the state could take advantage of low interest rates while launching more job-creating construction projects. Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton says her legislation would help quicken the pace of long-delayed roads projects.

The bill was introduced three years after Nebraska officials passed a law that will divert an estimated $60 million to $70 million a year into roads projects.

The Department of Roads opposes the bill. Director Randy Peters says the state’s traditional approach has served Nebraska well, and projects still take years to design.

(AP) — State officials are hoping to help Nebraska veterans and their spouses find jobs through two upcoming Hiring Our Heroes job fairs.

The fair will be held Feb. 19 at the DC Centre in Omaha. A fair will also be held April 1 at the Lancaster Event Center.

Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac of the Nebraska National Guard says veterans have skills that employers desire, such as leadership and the ability to work under pressure.

Cathy Lang, Commissioner of the Nebraska Department of Labor, says the department can help with resume writing and help veterans look for jobs with their skill set.

The ten previous fairs throughout the state have served about 1,300 veterans and 300 employers.

(AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged Nebraska’s denial of driver’s licenses to people who were brought into the country illegally as children, but allowed to stay under a new federal program.

U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp said in a ruling Wednesday that the state had not violated the equal-protection rights of the youths. The lawsuit was filed by Mayra Saldana, a student at Peru State College who was granted deferred-action status under an Obama administration program.

Saldana applied for a driver’s license three times at the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles in January 2013, and was denied. Saldana came to the United States from Mexico at age 2.

(AP) — Two Nebraska men are in federal prison after being sentenced recently for failing to register as sex offenders.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says in a news release that 32-year-old Stephen Wilson, of Bellevue, was sentenced Friday in Omaha’s federal court to 30 months in prison.

Authorities say it was at least the second time that Wilson, who was initially convicted in Iowa for enticing a minor, has failed to register as a sex offender.

Gilg also says 32-year-old Phillip Hagerman, of Hastings, was sentenced Friday in Lincoln’s federal court to 15 months in prison.

Hagerman had been registered as a sex offender in Kentucky since 2007, but did not register as a sex offender when he moved to Nebraska in 2013.

There is no parole in the federal system.

(AP) — High Times and Westword have filed a lawsuit challenging Colorado rules that bar recreational marijuana businesses from advertising in most publications.

The legal action was filed on Monday in federal court and argues that the rules violate free speech.

The Colorado attorney general’s office is reviewing the suit and declined comment.

State regulations only allow recreational pot shops to advertise in publications believed to have no more than 30 percent of readers under 21. There are no restrictions on medical marijuana advertising.

The lawsuit doesn’t state how the publications might have been hurt by the rule. The latest issue of Westword, Denver’s alternative weekly, has at least nine ads for recreational marijuana businesses.

Opponents previously succeeded in convincing a federal court to overturn a law requiring marijuana publications to be kept behind store counters.

(AP) — Officials in a small Nebraska city are preparing to enforce voter-approved illegal immigration rules, but opponents could file additional lawsuits after they take effect.

Fremont officials said Wednesday that police will start enforcing the measure 30 days after the results of a special city election are certified. Nearly 60 percent of voters decided Tuesday to keep the ordinance, which requires renters to get a $5 permit and swear they have legal permission to live in the U.S.

Amy Miller, of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, says her group will keep close tabs on the city and will consider a new lawsuit if tenants report discrimination. A federal appeals panel upheld the ordinance, but left an opening for lawsuits if people can show that it’s resulted in discrimination.

(AP) — The University of Nebraska says it’s collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to study information assurance and cyber security.

An agreement between the schools was signed Friday in New Delhi. Officials say they developed the plans last summer.

The partnership aims to advance research and education in engineering, technology, information management, the sciences and other areas. The agreement means the schools will engage in joint research projects and create opportunities for faculty and student exchanges.

The University of Nebraska will also help IIT Delhi create a new Center for Cyber Systems and Information Assurance.

(AP) — A psychiatrist who evaluated Nikko Jenkins three years before Jenkins was accused of killing four people in and around Omaha last summer has testified that Jenkins “is a psychopath.”

Dr. Eugene Oliveto, who serves as a psychiatrist for the prison system in Douglas County, testified over the objections of prosecutors Wednesday in a hearing to determine whether Jenkins is competent to stand trial. Oliveto says he took it upon himself to re-evaluate Jenkins on Monday after being subpoenaed by Jenkins’ lawyers.

Oliveto declared that Jenkins is “one of the most dangerous people I have ever evaluated.”

Oliveto is not a forensic psychiatrist and did not testify to Jenkins’ competency to stand trial. But he said his Monday evaluation of Jenkins found him to be schizophrenic, among other things.

(AP) — A man faces several charges in connection to an alleged stabbing in Omaha.

20-year-old Dmitry Vanderbeek made an initial court appearance Wednesday. He faces charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

Vanderbeek is accused of stabbing a man and woman on Monday. The victims say Vanderbeek was staying with them.

The station reports the woman was stabbed in the head and neck. Information on the extent of the victims’ injuries was not available.

Vanderbeek’s bail was set at $150,000. Court records do not list an attorney. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on March 12.