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Judy Thomas told the council a raccoon infestation has been a health and safety concern for some time.
Law enforcement agencies large and small across the nation have invested in body-worn cameras, but cost remains a hurdle.
The error was corrected as soon as it was discovered, a spokeswoman with the secretary of state's office said, and new petitions were provided to Support Our Schools Nebraska.
Speaker John Arch told senators he hopes this year “would be an aberration, not a predictor of the future” and pledged to repair relationships before next year.
Attorney General Mike Hilgers said no Nebraska court has ever found that the Legislature violated the single-subject rule in his filing defending a lawsuit against LB574.
Nebraskans will soon have the opportunity to get tax incentives for donating to scholarship funds for private and faith-based schools under a bill passed in the Legislature Wednesday.
Rep. Mike Flood saluted Sen. Eliot Bostar's efforts in gaining enactment of legislation in Nebraska that includes a provision that will functionally bar Huawei hardware from cell towers in Nebraska.
Nebraska lawmakers passed two packages of legislation Tuesday that address everything from scrap tire grants to expanding broadband coverage in the state.
A bill that would reform various aspects of Nebraska's criminal justice system is moving forward in the Legislature, but lawmakers remain at odds over some of its provisions.
Critics say model legislation allows a handful of far-right groups to create a false narrative around gender-affirming care for minors that is based on distorted science.
Sen. Julie Slama called the committee amendment “unconstitutional” and said it would not stop people from voting without ID or require verification of citizenship.
The bill (LB574), "lets our kids be kids" while they grow, Gov. Jim Pillen said, including "the teenager who may be trying to figure out who they are."
Gov. Jim Pillen on May 22, 2023, signed into law a bill that enacts a 12-week abortion ban in Nebraska along with new restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for youths under 19.
The Legislature and the State Patrol ensured protection for free expression by citizens and safety for all during Friday's dramatic consideration of legislation to restrict abortion and transgender rights.
Nebraska officials held recent talks on passing criminal justice changes to help reduce the state's prison overcrowding, plus forming a task force to overhaul sentencing laws in the future.
Gov. Jim Pillen on Friday praised enactment of legislation authored by Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln that the governor said will help transform mental health and substance abuse services.
Nebraska lawmakers are expected to take up final debate on LB574 — which limit abortion access and transgender health care — before 2 p.m. Follow along live.
A bill that has stirred session-long turmoil in the Nebraska Legislature and now includes two contentious issues — abortion and transgender health care — will see its final floor debate Friday.
The Nebraska state senator who led the voter identification initiative last year is unhappy with the Legislature's implementation plan. Now she's pledging to do everything she can to block it.
Gov. Jim Pillen's desk is the next stop for the state budget package. Lawmakers passed bills authorizing $10.7 billion in state spending, plus paying for a new prison and a canal in western Nebraska.
“We know the people support this,” said Crista Eggers. “We are going to execute and put that into motion to have safe and regulated medical cannabis in Nebraska.”
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Rep. Mike Flood has scheduled a town hall at Lincoln North Star High School on May 30 to answer questions and brief constituents on his priorities.
The Nebraska Legislature continues to disagree over how to implement the new voter identification requirement. A key committee advanced one approach Wednesday, but the bill's sponsor isn't going along.
Over a year after "boorish, brainless and bizarre" activity rocked the Nebraska Legislature, lawmakers adopted a handful of changes to its workplace harassment policy.
An expansion of Nebraska Crossing shopping mall into a major tourist destination featuring stores such as Ikea would get state help under an omnibus tax bill advanced Tuesday.
As chants from opponents of a bill (LB574) echoed in the legislative chamber, the Legislature amended a 12-week abortion ban into a measure banning gender-affirming care in Nebraska.
The Legislature amended a 12-week abortion ban into another controversial measure and advanced it to final reading.
County Board member PJ Morgan said he’ll introduce a resolution by as early as May 23 to build a mental health treatment unit connected to the jail, 710 S. 17th St.
Dueling sides gather in the Rotunda during debate in the Nebraska Legislature on a bill to limit health care procedures for transgender youths (LB574) and ban abortion after 12 weeks.