Nebraska Bird Partnership

Gov. Dave Heineman said he expects to make the final decision within the next two or three weeks on a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission bid to lift a 15-year ban on alcohol consumption. The commission voted 8-1 during a May hearing to allow alcohol, with restrictions, in state parks and wildlife management areas.

Read more about Governor Heineman's upcoming decision from the Omaha World-Herald.

Opponents of the controversial plan to allow drinking in state parks want to discuss it Tuesday, when the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission meets near Ogallala, but the alcohol issue is not on the meeting agenda.

Read more about the Game and Parks Commission agenda omission from the Lincoln Journal-Star.