Session Review: Appropriations
Lawmakers allocated more than a billion dollars in federal pandemic relief this session and made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget.
Read moreLawmakers allocated more than a billion dollars in federal pandemic relief this session and made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget.
Read moreThe Natural Resources committee advanced bills this session authorizing construction of a South Platte River canal and several water recreation and tourism projects across the state, including a proposed lake between Omaha and Lincoln.
Read moreLawmakers approved measures this session to expand broadband access throughout the state, provide for public-private partnerships and change laws regarding the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
Read moreA bill intended to give a state agency the ability to respond more quickly to the release of pollution received final approval from lawmakers April 12.
Read moreSenators made several changes to the state’s existing broadband grant program under a bill passed April 13.
Read moreSenators passed a bill April 12 that makes a number of changes to laws regarding the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
Read moreA bill intended to ensure that Nebraska students receive education on the Holocaust and other acts of genocide advanced to the final round of debate April 7 after lawmakers amended it to clarify which events those lessons would cover.
Read moreA bill intended to make several changes to the state’s program to spur broadband growth was advanced from general file March 28.
Read moreSenators advanced a bill from general file March 28 that would allow certain public-private partnerships for transportation projects in Nebraska.
Read moreLawmakers gave second-round approval March 24 to three bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
Read moreLawmakers gave first-round approval March 22 to the last of three main bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
Read moreLawmakers began debate March 15 on the first of several bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
Read moreA bill that would make a number of changes to laws regarding the state Department of Motor Vehicles was amended to become an omnibus committee bill and advanced from general file March 11.
Read moreLawmakers gave first-round approval March 11 to a bill intended to give a state agency the ability to respond more quickly to the release of pollution.
Read moreNebraska could seek to be selected as a regional clean hydrogen hub under a bill passed by the Legislature March 10.
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