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Pillen Touts ‘Historic' Package Of Tax Cuts, Saying ‘We Have To Compete Better' With Other States
The package includes a gradual reduction in state personal and corporate income tax rates to a flat 3.99%.
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Concerns Raised About New Nebraska Voter ID Restrictions Outlined In Legislation
The proposal comes in the wake of the state constitutional amendment passed in November that requires photo voter ID.
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After Eight Years Of Failed Efforts, Advocates For Legalizing Medical Cannabis In Nebraska Try Again In The Legislature
The latest bill is similar to one introduced in 2021 that came two votes short of overcoming a filibuster.
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Bills Would Ban Transgender Youths From Sports Teams, Block Gender Alteration Procedures For Minors
Critics call anti-trans proposals ‘alarming acts of government overreach’ that force trans kids ‘out of public life.’
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Nebraska Gov. Pillen Wants $2.5 Billion In New Funding For Schools, Property Tax Relief
School district spending increases would be capped at 3% annually.
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UNMC Official Predicts Next Two Months Will Be ‘Real Ugly' Due To New ‘Super Kraken' COVID-19 Variant
XBB 1.5 is a more transmissible, more immunity-evasive variant of the virus.
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‘Right To Repair' Advocate Plans To Wait And See If Recent MOU Really Helps
A Farmers Union representative says the deal with John Deere looks like ‘damage control’ and little else.
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Nebraska's First Amazon ‘Fulfillment Center' Opens On Sprawling Sarpy County Site
Some 1,000 employees, with robots at their sides, ultimately could work at the Omaha area plant.
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Bill Would Require Local Mask Mandates To Get City Council Or County Board Approval
If the bill passes, Nebraska's local health directors will no longer be able to enact the mandates themselves.
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With Threats Against Politicians Rising, Group Says It's Time To Ban Guns At Nebraska State Capitol
In 2020, two men openly carried semi-automatic assault rifles in the Capitol.
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Nebraska American Legion Decides To Censure, Not Remove, Officials Who Wore Legion Caps To Pardons Hearing
Officials insisted they were supporting a fellow Legion member who had turned his life around, not supporting sexual violence.
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Constitutional Amendment Would Eliminate Nebraska's State Board Of Education
The proposal would let the governor hire the education commissioner, who would assume the role currently filled by the state board.
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A $10 Million Request And A New Coalition Take Aim At Nebraska's Health Care Worker Shortage
State Sen. Jana Hughes of Seward said she intends to introduce a bill Tuesday to allocate the funding.
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Several Omaha Residents Among Newbies To Nebraska Business Hall Of Fame
The nominees will be inducted on Feb. 2.
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ACLU Condemns Proposed Nebraska ‘Drag' Show Ban As Part Of National Effort To ‘Push LGBTQ+ People Out Of Public Life'
Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt, the first openly LGBTQ candidate elected to the State Legislature, filed a motion to kill the bill.
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Nebraska Lawmakers To Ponder Funding For Relocation Of Iconic Mural
Advocate calls art saved from Pershing Center facade the “People’s Mural.”
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Veteran Head Of Nebraska Political Accountability Commission To Retire In August
Frank Daley Jr. has held the job since 1999.
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Nebraska Senators Introduce Parental ‘Bill Of Rights' Proposal To Ensure Parental Control Over Education
Critics call it a ‘solution in search of a problem’ and say parents already have rights and a voice.
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Child Tax Credit Proposed In Nebraska Legislature
The bill would provide families earning a certain income level a refundable tax credit up to $1,000 per child.
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Nebraska Supreme Court Hears ‘Landmark' Case Of Evicted Tenant
The case of an Omaha woman hinges on whether those being evicted from their homes have a constitutional right to a jury trial.
