Ralston Sen. Merv Riepe still hasn’t learned how to do retirement. Since leaving his career as a hospital executive in 2008, he took a number of interim positions in the health care field, served one term in the Legislature and won a seat on the Ralston School Board before returning to the Unicameral in 2023.
Read MorePayment of certain claims against the state would be approved by a bill advanced from general file April 11.
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Nebraska voters could bar the state and any of its political subdivisions from levying an inheritance tax under a proposed amendment to the state constitution heard March 16 by the Revenue Committee.
Read MoreOccupational licensure reform and public benefits topped the list of health and human services issues considered by lawmakers this session.
Read MoreLawmakers passed an omnibus public health measure April 18.
Read MoreAn entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities was eliminated by a bill passed April 18.
Read MoreLawmakers passed a bill April 11 that creates a pilot program offering direct primary care to state employees.
Read MoreA bill that would permanently eliminate an entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities was amended and given second-round approval April 10.
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A bill that would have permanently eliminated an entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities was amended and given first-round approval April 6.
Read MoreA bill intended to standardize child care and protection rules at Nebraska schools was amended to become an omnibus public health measure and advanced from general file April 3.
Read MoreA bill that would create a pilot program offering direct primary care to state employees was amended and advanced to final reading March 28.
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A bill that would create a state employee pilot program for direct primary care was advanced from general file March 12.
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The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony Feb. 7 on a bill that would create a state employee pilot program for direct primary care.
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An entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities would be permanently eliminated by a bill heard Jan. 25 by the Health and Human Services Committee.
Read MoreCertain health care professionals would be required to participate in continuing education about prescribing opiates under a bill considered by the Health and Human Services Committee Jan. 18.
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