Legislature gains energetic spirit in Hughes
For a fitness-minded lawmaker like Sen. Jana Hughes of Seward, serving in the Legislature can present many pitfalls.
Read MoreFor a fitness-minded lawmaker like Sen. Jana Hughes of Seward, serving in the Legislature can present many pitfalls.
Read MoreNebraska lawmakers passed bills this session to limit student cellphone use, increase parental access to certain educational materials and establish a school finance commission.
Read MoreThe General Affairs Committee advanced proposals this session relating to the regulation of alternative nicotine products, medical cannabis, microdistilleries and mobile sports betting.
Read MoreLawmakers considered efforts this session to define male and female in state law for access to school sports, update election laws and reinstate a winner-take-all system for allocating Nebraska’s presidential electoral votes.
Read MoreThe Natural Resources Committee this session advanced measures that created a battery recycling program, raised the cap on state park entry fees and merged two state agencies tasked with managing Nebraska’s water resources.
Read MoreThe Revenue Committee this session advanced bills to roll back recently enacted tax incentives, add guardrails to a program intended to incentivize retail development and raise the documentary stamp tax to provide housing assistance to sex trafficking and domestic violence survivors.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval May 30 to a measure that creates a commission to review the state’s school funding formula.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval May 21 to a measure that would create a commission to review the state’s school funding formula after amending out provisions that would have changed the formula and the school levy.
Read MoreA proposal to impose the state sales and use tax on certain services to fund additional property tax relief stalled on general file May 19 after a failed cloture motion.
Read MoreA measure intended to strengthen confidentiality laws related to the residences of members of certain professions in Nebraska passed May 14.
Read MoreA Natural Resources Committee omnibus bill that creates a battery collection and recycling program received final approval from lawmakers May 14.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval this week to six components of the state’s roughly $10.8 billion budget package.
Read MoreA measure intended to strengthen confidentiality laws related to the residences of members of certain professions in Nebraska cleared the first round of debate April 29.
Read MoreLawmakers narrowed a measure April 25 that would allow certain individuals serving long-term prison sentences to apply for second chance relief before advancing it to select file.
Read MoreA measure that updates regulation of alternative nicotine products was given final approval April 25.
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