Walz wins race to the Capitol
If not for a fateful phone call from a former state senator, Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont might have gone down a very different path.
Read MoreIf not for a fateful phone call from a former state senator, Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont might have gone down a very different path.
Read MoreOn the final day of bill introduction, senators introduced 57 bills.
These included:
LB1093, sponsored by Fremont Sen. Lynne Walz, which would create the Office of Inspector General of Nebraska Public Health;
Read MoreThe second session of the 108th Legislature adjourned sine die April 18.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval April 11 to an omnibus education proposal.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval April 11 to a bill that seeks to increase access to dental services for Nebraska Medicaid recipients.
Read MoreSenators passed a proposal April 11 that updates the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act and includes several other education-related measures.
Read MoreLawmakers passed a bill April 11 that makes changes to the retirement system for certain Nebraska firefighters.
Read MoreA bill that would restrict K-12 students’ access to school facilities and sports teams based on their sex assigned at birth stalled on general file April 5 after a failed cloture motion.
Read MoreLawmakers advanced a measure to select file April 4 that would makes changes to the retirement system for certain Nebraska firefighters on a promise from the bill’s sponsor that negotiations would continue.
Read MoreA proposal to update the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act was given first-round approval March 20 after lawmakers amended it to include several other bills related to education.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval March 21 to a bill that would establish a statewide expansion program to recruit, train and support computer science and technology teachers after expanding it to become an omnibus recruitment and retention measure.
Read MoreThe Transportation and Telecommunications Committee heard testimony Feb. 13 on a bill intended to improve the safety of freight trains operating in Nebraska.
Read MoreThe Education Committee considered a proposal Feb. 6 that would establish a statewide expansion program to recruit, train and support computer science and technology teachers.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 6 to a bill intended to maximize participation in a federal program that allows school districts with high
poverty rates to serve free breakfast and lunch to all of their students.
Lawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 7 to a bill that seeks to increase access to dental services for Nebraska Medicaid recipients.
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