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...Nebraska, during the most recent session of the legislature, lawmakers increased taxes on retail sales (to 5.5%, up from 5%), cigarettes (to 64˘, from 34˘ a pack) and income (a new average rate of 5.1%, up from 2.36%, starting in 2003). The hikes were vetoed by Republican Governor Mike Johanns, but the veto was overridden. The sales-tax increase targets some services, including software training, pest control, automobile cleaning and roadside assistance. That tax hike is expected to raise $100 million a year...
...Nebraska has cut spending for the 2003 budget three times over the past year, including closing a minimum-security prison in Hastings. It reopened the next day as a federal holding facility for people detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Missouri is considering cutting the sentences of inmates to save money, and Illinois has closed prisons and mental-health facilities, prompting critics to warn of more crime...
...didn’t quite see the polished football player right then—couldn’t have, since Morris didn’t pick up football until 11th grade—but saw an athlete. Murphy, a master recruiter who has stolen players from the clutches of Nebraska and other big-time programs since taking over in 1994, has an eye for these sorts of things. Maybe he could sense the bloodlines—the grandfather who played for soccer’s Manchester United, the mother who played netball (a basketball derivative) in Britain, the aunt...
Another exciting addition to Harvard’s squad is assistant coach Brian Snyder, a star wrestler from Nebraska...
Snyder was a standout at Nebraska, advancing to the national final twice. On his second trip, in 2002, he suffered his only loss of the season against 33 wins, 5-4 in a tie break...