The U.S. Senate in October confirmed Lesley A. Woods to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska (Lesley Woods photo courtesy of Nebraska U.S. Attorney's Office | downtown Lincoln federal courthouse photo by Paul Hammel/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska has a Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the first time in four years, a role last permanently held by now-Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly during the first Trump administration.

The Republican-led U.S. Senate voted 51-47 Tuesday to approve a backlog of more than 100 nominees at once, which included the appointment of U.S. Attorney Lesley A. Woods for Nebraska. Senate Republicans changed internal rules last month to allow most executive branch nominees to be confirmed as a group, rather than individually.

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