Margaret Reist

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The governor's office just sent out an advisory: a news conference tomorrow with Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird "concerning the siting of the new 1,512-bed prison facility." No further details.

The city and state will do a land swap: the city land east of north 70th for the land at 112th and Adam’s.

Prison is going on city land near landfill north of interstate along north 70th.

At news conference on prison site: hasn’t started yet but mayor and governor will make comments , then sign and agreement together.

The city said they'd earlier turned down an offer to buy city land for the prison but wanted to be kept in the loop. Pillen said Monday the state was interested in land near the city landfill on Bluff Road, a much less densely populated area.

But Gov. Pillen's announcement last week that he planned to build the prison at 112th and Adams streets just outside city limits - in one of the fastest-growing areas of the city -- angered northeast Lincoln residents and took the city by surprise.

He didn't respond directly when asked if he'd consider re-opening negotiations with the city an alternative site to the 300 acres near 112th and Adams on which the state has signed a purchase agreement.

The city-owned land the state was initially interested in buying to build a new prison was north of Interstate 80 near the landfill, the governor said during a monthly call-in program on KLIN today.

Actually: the city will ask residents to restrict watering to certain days based on whether their addresses are odd- or even-numbered. Gonna drink that second cup of coffee right now.

Despite last night’s rain, drought conditions mean Lincoln will begin voluntary water restrictions for the first time since 2012. Residents are asked to water their lawns on even- Or odd- numbered days starting Friday.

Unofficial final results: District 1 Taylor Wyatt: 7,652 James Michael Bowers: 8,472 District 2 Tom Duden: 15,106 Bailey Feit: 12,351 District 3 Elina Newman: 6,979 Justin Carlson: 10,957 District 4 Brodey Weber 6,365 Wayne Reinwald: 4,421

In Lincoln City Council unofficial final returns, Tom Duden pulls ahead of Bailey Feit in District 2. Other candidates who had early leads maintain them. Assuming additional early ballots don't change anything, Council will maintain a 6-1 Democrat majority.

With about 3,000 additional early votes still to be counted, along with provisional and resolution votes, the outcome's not likely to change. Unofficial final: Gaylor Baird: 42,072 Geist: 35,404

Official final results: Voters re-elect Leirion Gaylor Baird as Lincoln's mayor, with about 54% of the vote, leading former state Sen. Suzanne Geist by about 6,600 votes.

City Council races with first returns from the polls: District 1 Taylor Wyatt 4,830 James Michael Bowers 5,741 District 2 Tom Duden 7,036 Bailey Feit 7,537 District 3 Elina Newman 2,884 Justin Carlson 5,675 District 4 Brodey Weber 8,185 Wayne Reinwald 1,762

First returns from polls are in and Gaylor Baird still leads, but it's shrunk to 60%. Turnout at 23% now -- election commissioner is predicting about 38% Gaylor Baird: 24,682 Geist: 16,061

Council early returns: District 1 James Michael Bowers: 4,180 Taylor Wyatt: 2,752 District 2 Bailey Feit: 6,583 Tom Duden: 5,559 District 3 Justin Carlson: 4,905 Elina Newman: 2,238 District 4 Brodey Weber: 2,820 Wayne Reinwald: 1,507

First returns are in and, not surprisingly, Gaylor Baird and Democrats in the council races are leading. Gaylor Baird has 64% of the 32,076 early votes: Gaylor Baird: 20,582 Geist: 11,413

Unofficial final election returns: Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and Sen. Suzanne Geist advance to general election, along with City Council Dist. 4 candidates Wayne Reinwald and Brodey Weber and Dist. 2 candidates Tom Duden and Bailey Feit. Both candidates in Dist 1 and 3 move on.