Dorn brings a listening ear to the Legislature
When Adams Sen. Myron Dorn was sworn into office Jan. 9, he represented one of four generations of his family gathered in the legislative chamber that morning.
Read MoreWhen Adams Sen. Myron Dorn was sworn into office Jan. 9, he represented one of four generations of his family gathered in the legislative chamber that morning.
Read MoreLawmakers approved the state’s two-year $11 billion budget package this session. The package closed a more than $600 million projected shortfall and represents a 1% increase in state expenditures over the next two fiscal years.
Read MoreThe Executive Board sent the possibility of extended legislative terms to voters for their consideration, created a new legislative oversight division and contemplated increasing senators’ pay.
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 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 creation of a new division within the Nebraska Legislature and reorganization of the institution’s oversight functions.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval May 21 to a bill that would create a new division within the Nebraska Legislature and reorganize the institution’s oversight functions.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval May 15 to six components of the state’s $11 billion, two-year budget package.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval this week to six components of the state’s roughly $10.8 billion budget package.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval April 30 to a bill that rolls back various recently enacted tax incentives.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval April 11 to a proposal to roll back an array of business tax incentives to help address Nebraska’s projected revenue shortfall.
Read MoreTwo proposed constitutional changes related to Nebraska lawmakers’ salaries, along with a third option, were considered by the Executive Board Feb. 24.
Read MoreTwo measures aimed at reinstating a winner-take-all system for allocating Nebraska’s five presidential electoral votes were heard by the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan. 30.
Read MoreSenators reconvened Jan. 10 to continue introduction of new bills.
Read MoreLawmakers made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget, approved a number of claims against the state and authorized millions in state dollars for private school K-12 scholarships this session.
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