Tag: Legislature
Keeping up with the Legislature: April 11-13
April 11-13: Holocaust education, drug and alcohol immunity and election changes
“Constitutional carry” legislation stalls, falls short by two votes
A bill to allow Nebraskans to...
Keeping Up With the Legislature: March 28-April 1
March 28-April 1: Budget adjustments, furries and prison reform debate
Legislature approves budget adjustments, Ricketts will take five days to review
State senators gave final approval...
Legislators seek higher percentage of postsecondary-educated Nebraskans by 2030
Higher education institutions could adopt a statewide goal aimed to increase the percentage of Nebraskans who have a postsecondary education.
A legislative resolution — LR335...
Lawmakers consider outlawing ‘stealthing’: nonconsensual condom removal
Lawmakers opened the conversation March 3 into whether Nebraska should outlaw nonconsensual removal of a condom during sex, also known as “stealthing.”
Sen. Carol Blood...
Lawmakers consider bill to allow physicians to deny services based on...
Doctors may have a legal way to deny services based on their personal views under a bill considered by the Nebraska Health and Human...
Arbor Day, Election Day could be paired through proposed legislation
Nebraskans could celebrate Election Day and Arbor Day at the same time in a bill considered Feb. 24 by the Legislature’s Government, Military and...
Nebraska GOP, Democratic priorities for the 2022 legislative session
The Nebraska Legislature is nonpartisan, but partisan influences still have a large impact on the nation's only Unicameral Legislature.
The two largest political parties in...
Keeping up with the Legislature: Feb. 14-18
Feb. 14-18: Groene investigation, health standards and pandemic relief funds
Hunt requests investigation into now-former senator Mike Groene
Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha on Feb. 19,...
Legislature considers $185 million in federal funding for NU
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee considered eight proposals on Feb. 17 that could direct $185 million in federal funds to the University of Nebraska.
University of...