Lawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 13 to a bill that would authorize the state Game and Parks Commission to use alternative contracting methods for public projects in the state park system.
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Each of the state’s 17 educational service units would hire a social worker to aid students with behavioral or mental health problems under a bill heard by the Education Committee Feb. 12.
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Employers would be held accountable for gender-based wage disparities under a bill discussed by the Business and Labor Committee Feb. 12.
Read MoreThe state would step in to rectify a developmental disability provider payment gap from 2016 under a bill heard Feb. 12 by the Appropriations Committee.
Read MoreThe Executive Board considered two measures Feb. 12 that would increase the level of legislative oversight of the state Department of Health and Human Services regarding children in the state’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
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The Judiciary Committee heard testimony Feb. 9 on a bill that would establish an affirmative consent standard in deciding cases of sexual assault.
Read MoreThe ability to use statements made by a juvenile during a custodial interrogation would be restricted under a bill heard Feb. 9 by the Judiciary Committee.
Read MoreA state sales tax increase, new sales and use taxes and many other changes to the state’s tax code would pay for additional property tax credits and increased public school funding under a bill heard by the Revenue Committee Feb. 8.
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Nebraska voters would be required to show photo ID at the polls under a bill considered Feb. 8 by the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Read MoreThe legalization of medical cannabis would be placed on the ballot for voters’ consideration under a measure presented to the Judiciary Committee Feb. 8.
Read MoreCertain adjudicated youth would be temporarily barred from possessing firearms under a bill heard by the Judiciary Committee Feb. 8.
Read MoreOne of the caps in the state’s Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act was removed by a bill passed Feb. 8.
Read MoreA board to investigate ethics complaints against members and employees of the Legislature was proposed in an Executive Board hearing Feb. 8.
Read MoreSenators passed a bill Feb. 8 that expands bankruptcy exemption provisions that were last modified 20 years ago.
Read MoreThree of the state’s six public school classifications were eliminated by a bill given final
approval Feb. 8.