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Sen. Lou Ann Linehan

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Education Session Review 2022 

Session Review: Education

May 12, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1218 LB945 LB852 LB912 LB997 LB1112 LB888 LB768 LB758 LB902 LB890 LB1158

Measures intended to attract and retain teachers, improve student access to mental and behavioral health services and prepare students for technology-related jobs were among those advanced by the Education Committee this session.

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Education 

Teacher certification changes, loan assistance authorized

April 14, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1218 LB945

Lawmakers approved a bill April 13 intended to address a shortage of teachers in Nebraska schools.

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Legislative Performance Audit 

ImagiNE Act reporting requirements, other provisions updated

April 14, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1150 LB817 LB502 LB985 LB1094 LB457

Lawmakers approved a measure April 13 that modifies Nebraska’s main business tax incentive program.

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Revenue 

Tax proposals narrowed, advanced to final round

April 12, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB927 LB1261 LB984

Lawmakers scaled back three tax-related measures on select file April 11 to reduce a projected budget deficit at the end of the next fiscal biennium.

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Sen. Lou Ann Linehan
Revenue 

Debate on income tax proposal ends after filibuster

March 23, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB939 LB723

A bill on select file that would cut Nebraska’s top individual and corporate income tax rates over several years was pulled from the agenda March 22.

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Education 

Amendment to eliminate State Board of Education proposed

March 3, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LR278CA

Voters could choose to eliminate the State Board of Education under a proposed constitutional amendment considered by the Education Committee March 1.

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Sen. Lou Ann Linehan
Revenue 

Proposal to cut income tax rates advances after cloture vote

February 25, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB939 LB938

Lawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 24 to a bill that would cut Nebraska’s top individual income tax rate after amending it to include a proposed reduction in the top corporate income tax rate.

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Revenue 

Corporate, individual income tax rate cuts proposed

January 28, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB938 LB432 LB939

Nebraska’s top corporate and individual income tax rates would fall to 5.84 percent by 2026 under proposals heard Jan. 27 by the Revenue Committee.

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Sen. Lou Ann Linehan
Revenue 

Tax credit scholarship proposal stalls on first round

January 12, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB364 LB531

Senators rejected a second attempt to advance a bill from general file that would create a tax credit scholarship program for Nebraska private school students after a failed cloture motion Jan. 12.

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Sens. Steve Lathrop, Lou Ann Linehan
Redistricting 

Congressional, legislative redistricting plans clear first round

September 24, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1 LB3

Lawmakers gave first-round approval Sept. 24 to proposals that would modify Nebraska’s congressional and legislative districts to reflect population changes.

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Redistricting 

State Board of Education, regents maps advance from first round

September 24, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB7 LB8

Proposed changes to district boundaries pertaining to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and State Board of Education received first-round approval in the Legislature Sept. 24.

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Sen. Mark Kolterman
Redistricting 

Legislative redistricting plan stalls

September 21, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB3 LB4 LR134

A proposal to redraw Nebraska’s 49 legislative districts to reflect changes in the state’s population fell six votes short on a motion to end general file debate Sept. 20.

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Sens. Linehan, Hilgers and Wayne
Redistricting 

First-round debate begins on congressional redistricting plan

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1 LB2 LR134

A proposed congressional redistricting plan that would split Douglas County between the 1st and 2nd Congressional districts did not advance from general file Sept. 17 after a failed cloture motion.

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Redistricting 

Redistricting Committee advances congressional plan after public hearing

September 17, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB1 LB2 LR134 LB3 LB4

Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District boundaries were the focus of a Redistricting Committee hearing in Omaha Sept. 16.

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Redistricting 

Hearings begin on redistricting plans, focus on rural representation

September 15, 2021 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB3 LB4

The Redistricting Committee heard testimony Sept. 14 on proposed plans to set new state political district boundaries.

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