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Nebraska Lawmaker Proposes Stronger Protections For Consumer Genetic Testing
Other states have adopted similar legislation.
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Dispute Over Nebraska Inspector General Powers Appears Headed For Legal Interpretation
The constitutionality of allowing state-assigned special investigators to look into issues with stage agencies is being questioned.
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Pillen Proposes $5 Million For Mentoring, Childhood Literacy Push
He says TeamMates will not get special treatment under the grant program.
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Nebraska Lawmaker Revives Attempt To Support, Streamline Permits For Food Trucks
State Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha says these small businesses have to navigate a "patchwork of regulations."
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Nebraska's Costliest Governor's Race Left Wild Numbers In Its Wake
Nobody spent more than Charles Herbster, the second-place finisher in the GOP primary.
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Fortenberry And Sasse Headline Unusual Year-End Campaign Finance Reports
Sasse, R-Neb., left the Senate in January for the University of Florida’s presidency with $2.7 million left in his campaign coffers.
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Most Nebraska Legislative Races In 2022 Exceed $100,000 In Spending
This could be a new norm.
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Letter Signed By 1,500 People Urges Omaha Children's Hospital To Oppose Proposed Gender Care Ban
Advocates argue silence is a ‘striking revocation’ of hospital’s values.
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North Omaha Lawmakers Challenged About Process That Recommended $225 Million In Grants
Longtime community activist Vickey Parks questioned how a new entity, Sankofa, garnered the largest single recommended amount.
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Battle Over Devoting Public Funds For Private School Scholarships Returns To State Legislature
Nebraska is one of only two states that doesn’t allow “school choice” by extending public state funds to private schools.
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North Omaha's 24th Street Corridor Gets Millions To Kick Off Streetscape Project
Improvements will include enhanced sidewalks, traffic, landscaping, parking and transportation options.
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Pillen Tax-Cut Ideas Win Support Of Nebraska Business Groups, Prompt Criticism From Community Colleges
Critics rejected the idea that tax cuts would drive more people and businesses to move to or stay in the state.
Omaha|News|
Nebraska Lawmaker Revives Legislation To Help Omaha Man Amd Others Get A Retrial
Earnest Jackson has been in prison for more than 22 years — for a killing someone else confessed to.
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Nebraska Voter ID Bill Revised Before Lengthy Public Hearing That Draws Mostly Foes
“It’s full of flaws and bureaucratic B.S.,” Jaden Perkins, a North Omaha community organizer with the Heartland Workers Center.
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Cardiac-Activity Abortion Ban Bill Draws Hundreds To Nebraska Capitol
Those in an overflow crowd waited hours to testify for two or three minutes before the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee.
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School Officials Say Governor's Revenue Cap Would Harm Education, Efforts To Fill Staff Vacancies
Officials pointed out that school districts already deal with two caps that limit tax levy increases and budget increases.
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Nebraska State Employees Union Approves Labor Contract Granting Raises Of 10%-27%
The contract contains the largest salary increases in at least 35 years for Nebraska state government workers.
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Deb Fischer Named To U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Stays On Armed Services
Fischer, whose family owns a Cherry County ranch, also remains on the Agriculture and Commerce Committees.
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Nebraska Lawmaker Proposes Creation Of ‘Human Breast Milk Bank'
Only 33% of all Nebraska babies and 10% of infants from low-income families are exclusively breastfed for the recommended first six months.
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New Nebraska Prison Report Recommends Not Just One New Prison, But Another 1,500 Beds In A Decade
Proposals include increasing re-entry capacity at the Omaha Correctional Center and adding 100 extra beds at the youth prison in the city.
