Your Nebraska Update headlines for today, Dec. 11, include: emails show DHHS sought additional security measures before federal and state governments paused SNAP payments, Gov. Jim Pillen renews proposal to expand sales taxes to fund schools. Sen. Dan McKeon pleads no contest to disturbing the peace, COVID-19 and other respiratory cases increasing, Santee Sioux Nation hosts land dedication ceremony near South Yankton, Nebraska tribal colleges receive major donation from MacKenzie Scott Foundation.