The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the proposal's staunchest opposition has come from ranchers and farming groups who say they can compete without the government’s help.

Where 16-year-old Michelle Huang goes to college hinges largely on what happens with a massive, controversial higher education bill that the Ohio Senate recently passed. Huang, a junior at Olentangy Liberty High School in Delaware County,

Individual farmers supported a ban on lab-grown meat from Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, but advocacy groups said they preferred labeling requirements proposed by Sen. Bob Andersen of La Vista.