Statewide tech outage leads Nebraska Legislature to end debate early
The Nebraska Legislature didn't get to any floor debate Thursday due to internet outages that are impacting state agencies.
The GOP keeps failing to make Nebraska a winner-take-all state. Now it might ask voters to do it
Republicans in the GOP-dominated state of Nebraska face yet another likely defeat on a bill to reverse the state’s unusual ...
Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to define Uber drivers as independent contractors
Nebraska lawmakers voted largely along party lines to give first-round approval Tuesday to a bill that would change state law ...
Next steps for Nebraska’s future
We have a new year, a new Congress, a new Legislature, and a new president. Within the policy and political world, there is a ...
Nebraska Government System Shutdown Disrupts the Legislature, DMV and Other Offices
A systemwide outage of state government computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours ...
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Nebraska lawmakers advance remedy to prescription drug donation program
Sen. Jana Hughes of Seward said Nebraska needed an exemption from a federal rule to get its prescription drug donation ...
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Nebraska's rural, urban counties divided over bid to cut inheritance tax rate
Nebraska lawmakers will consider replacing the state's sliding inheritance tax rate with a 1% across-the-board rate under a ...
Some Nebraska lawmakers seek exemptions in voter-led paid sick leave law, as others protest
After Nebraskans voted to require paid sick leave for eligible employees in November, two dozen state lawmakers are seeking ...
University of Nebraska faces funding cuts with governor’s proposed budget
It continues to be biggest issue for the Nebraska Legislature this year: closing $432 million budget shortfall for the next two years. Doing that could be hard on some state organizations.
Bill proposes exemptions to Nebraska’s Paid Sick Leave law
Certain workers in Nebraska could be exempt from earning and using paid sick leave under a bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 22.
Nebraska lawmakers hear debate over bill addressing children social media use, personal data
It would prohibit social media platforms from using the personal data they gather on users younger than 18 for targeted ...
Proposed Legislation to prohibit death penalty popular at legislature hearing
Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...