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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the vaccine skeptic running for president as an independent, has collected enough signatures in Nebraska to appear on the state's November ballot, his campaign said.

The Nebraska Legislature voted Wednesday to reinstate income taxes on federal retirees, with lawmakers saying they made a mistake when they eliminated those taxes last year.

A scaled-back version of Gov. Jim Pillen's property tax plan moved forward Wednesday in the Nebraska Legislature but would fall far short of the governor's goal of cutting property taxes 40%.

Nebraska lawmakers debated late into the night and advanced a bill Wednesday that would put $10 million a year in public money into scholarship funds for K-12 private and faith-based schools. 

Gov. Jim Pillen came up empty-handed Thursday in his quest to reduce property taxes by even half of his 40% goal, but he told lawmakers they'll be called back to continue working on the issue.

Nebraskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities often wait years for services like job coaching, group homes and independent living support. About 2,700 are on the state's waiting list.

Wartime bomb production and a Cold War missile site fouled the groundwater near Mead. The federal government wants defense contractors to foot a clean-up bill of more than $125 million.