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.
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Session Review: Appropriations
Lawmakers 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.
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Session Review: Executive Board
The 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.
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Session Review: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Lawmakers 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.
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Session Review: Revenue
The 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.
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New legislative oversight division created
Lawmakers gave final approval May 30 to creation of a new division within the Nebraska Legislature and reorganization of the institution’s oversight functions.
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Bill advanced to create new legislative oversight division
Lawmakers 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.
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State budget package approved
Lawmakers gave final approval May 15 to six components of the state’s $11 billion, two-year budget package.
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State budget package clears first round, further adjustments ahead
Lawmakers gave first-round approval this week to six components of the state’s roughly $10.8 billion budget package.
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Tax incentives pared back
Lawmakers gave final approval April 30 to a bill that rolls back various recently enacted tax incentives.
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Proposal to pare back tax incentives amended, advanced
Lawmakers 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.
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Increases to senator pay, compensation commission proposed
Two proposed constitutional changes related to Nebraska lawmakers’ salaries, along with a third option, were considered by the Executive Board Feb. 24.
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Electoral winner-take-all proposals considered
Two 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.
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Day three bill introduction
Senators reconvened Jan. 10 to continue introduction of new bills.
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Session Review: Appropriations Committee
Lawmakers 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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