The state of Nebraska has responded to a lawsuit filed by three opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry Canadian tar sands oil south through Nebraska and other states to Gulf coast refineries.

The lawsuit says the law that established the review process is unconstitutional because it doesn’t allow for judicial review and doesn’t spell out what criteria should be considered when a pipeline project is being evaluated.

The response echoes points made in September when the state argued unsuccessfully for the lawsuit to be dismissed. The Attorney General’s Office contends the legislation is constitutional and that the three opponents have no rights to assert as taxpayers because no tax money is being spent. TransCanada is required to reimburse the state for the cost of its review.

Phoenix police say three people have been shot at an office complex. Their conditions are unknown and there is no suspect in custody.

Officer James Holmes says the victims were taken to hospitals. He didn’t know if their injuries are life threatening.

Holmes says police so far believe there was only one shooter but don’t know his whereabouts.

He says police were given conflicting information about the suspect leaving the scene.

Authorities say they discovered a budding marijuana-growing operation after residents of a Lincoln house called police to report the theft of marijuana pipes.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that officers were called to the house Saturday morning by residents who reported that two people, one of them armed with a handgun, forced their way inside and took two hookah pipes.

Officers questioning the residents noticed marijuana, paraphernalia and several bottles of fertilizer. They also saw light shining from under a door barred with a padlock and a power cord snaking into the room.

After getting a search warrant, police say they found three marijuana plants, grow lights and other equipment.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of manufacturing marijuana and ticketed his roommates for having marijuana paraphernalia.

The Nebraska Department of Roads says the interstate has reopened at Shoemaker’s Truck Stop, after jackknifed semitrailers were cleared off the road.

The interstate’s westbound lanes between York and Aurora remain closed due to extreme weather conditions. Travel in the eastbound lanes near Seward has been reduced to one lane.

Highway 6 had been closed at Milford east to the Highways 103 junction, but reopened Wednesday morning.

A Department of Roads spokeswoman says drivers need to slow down.

Douglas County sheriff’s investigators say thieves have targeted northwest Omaha gasoline pumps to steal credit card information.

Chief Deputy Sheriff Marty Bilek tells Omaha television station KETV that thieves installed a second card reader inside four gas pumps in northwest Omaha.

The contraption takes information off the credit card’s magnetic strip as a driver swipes the card to pay for gas. The thieves then use that information to create a duplicate card.

Bilek says at least four gas stations had the skimmers secretly installed at their pumps. Investigators know of at least four victims, but say there will be more. They encourage anyone who has paid for gas at the pump to check their credit card statements.

Wanted: A green thumb with extensive knowledge of the black, or at least gray, market.

As Washington state tries to figure out how to regulate its newly legal marijuana, officials are hiring an adviser on all things weed: how it’s best grown, tested, labeled, and cooked into brownies.

Those angling for the job are expected to meet Wednesday in Tacoma with state bidding experts to discuss the requirements and hiring process. Officials reserved a convention center hall that fits 275 people — plus an overflow room.

Last fall, Washington and Colorado became the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed growers, processors and retail stores. Adults over 21 can buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis.

Police with SWAT teams and negotiators are at a rural property in Alabama where a man was believed to be holed up in a bunker after fatally shooting the driver of a school bus and fleeing with a 6-year-old child passenger.

Authorities say the shooting happened on the school bus Tuesday and the standoff continued early Wednesday.

Dale County Sheriff Wally Olsen told WBMA-TV (https://bit.ly/WthpQh) the man boarded the stopped school bus in the town of Midland City and shot the driver when he refused to let the child off the bus. The driver later died of his wounds. His identity wasn’t released.

County coroner Woodrow Hilboldt told The Associated Press the suspect was believed to be in an underground shelter on his property.