Business and Labor
Members of the Business and Labor Committee considered several measures this session to provide increased worker protections, expand wage and benefit options and collect workforce development data.
Read MoreMembers of the Business and Labor Committee considered several measures this session to provide increased worker protections, expand wage and benefit options and collect workforce development data.
Read MoreSenators created a statewide commission, added to an established state holiday and took up several election proposals this session.
Read MoreThe Revenue Committee this session advanced a major proposal that includes a new tax credit based on the amount of property taxes paid to a taxpayer’s school district, a new business tax incentive program and a requirement to provide matching funds for a potential project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Read MoreProposals to address blighted property, affordable housing needs and municipal law were among the topics taken up by the Legislature this session.
Read MoreIndividuals may exclude half of their military retirement benefit pay from state income tax under a bill passed by lawmakers Aug. 12.
Read MoreThe second Monday in October will be celebrated as Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day in Nebraska under a bill passed Aug. 11.
Read MoreSenators passed a bill Aug. 11 to address the mental health strain experienced by emergency first responders.
Read MoreA bill that seeks to address the overcrowding crisis in Nebraska’s correctional system was advanced from general file Aug. 4.
Read MoreA bill that makes numerous changes to election procedures in Nebraska passed Aug. 3.
Read MoreSenators gave final approval July 31 to a bill that makes several changes to state law governing cities and villages.
Read MoreA bill that would make the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day in Nebraska advanced from select file July 30.
Read MoreA motion to suspend the Legislature’s rules to permit the introduction of a new bill was unsuccessful July 28.
Read MoreA bill to give certain Nebraska towns more flexibility in responding to catastrophic flooding was amended to become an omnibus municipal bill and advanced from general file March 11.
Read MoreSenators amended and advanced a bill from select file March 6 meant to address the mental health strain experienced by emergency first responders.
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