Unemployment benefit increase proposed for parents
The Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Feb. 8 on a bill to provide additional unemployment benefits for Nebraskans with dependent children.
Read MoreThe Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Feb. 8 on a bill to provide additional unemployment benefits for Nebraskans with dependent children.
Read MoreLawmakers approved an omnibus bill this session relating to the regulation of business and labor law in Nebraska.
Read MoreMeasures intended to restrict abortion and gender affirming care for minors, address the state’s health care workforce shortage and increase access to behavioral health services were among the proposals considered by the Health and Human Services Committee.
Read MoreLawmakers approved two omnibus transportation and telecommunications packages this session that, among other provisions, create a broadband office in Nebraska and repeal the state’s motorcycle helmet requirement for riders age 21 and older.
Read MoreA bill containing a variety of business and labor measures advanced from general file April 20 after a successful cloture motion.
Read MoreA bill intended to cover a Medicaid reimbursement gap in Nebraska was amended to become an omnibus health services measure and advanced from general file April 17.
Read MoreThe Judiciary Committee heard testimony Feb. 22 on a bill that would redefine child abuse and neglect in Nebraska.
Read MoreParents of children with disabilities could apply for state scholarship funds they could use at private and parochial schools under a bill heard Feb. 28 by the Education Committee.
Read MoreNebraska public schools, public postsecondary institutions and government entities would be prohibited from teaching, advocating, encouraging, promoting or acting upon race or sex “scapegoating” or stereotyping and from discriminating against students because of their political ideology under a bill heard Feb. 24 by the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Read MoreSenators approved an exemption process for employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates Feb. 25.
Read MoreNebraska municipalities could apply for state grants for infrastructure projects under a bill considered Feb. 22 by the Urban Affairs Committee.
Read MoreA bill that would provide an exemption process for employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates advanced from select file Feb. 16 following a successful cloture vote.
Read MoreThe Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony Feb. 11 on an amendment that would require Nebraska to apply for a second round of federal emergency rental and mortgage assistance.
Read MoreA bill providing a process for exemptions to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates advanced from general file Feb. 9.
Read MoreThe University of Nebraska would develop a plan to help the state mitigate and adapt to the effects of extreme weather events or climate change under a bill heard Feb. 11 by the Natural Resources Committee.
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