Lincoln eyes access to health emergency money

LINCOLN (AP) — Officials from Lincoln and Lancaster County could allow the health director to access millions of dollars set aside for health emergencies under an ordinance being considered by the city’s leaders.

The Community Health Endowment Fund was created with money from the city’s sale of Lincoln General Hospital 15 years ago to Bryan Memorial Hospital. The $37 million from that sale has since grown to more than $60 million, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Monday.

City leaders at the time of the sale specified that only interest from the fund could be used for health-related g...