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WEB4 days ago · BY: Aaron Sanderford - September 30, 2024. OMAHA — Allegations flew Monday in Nebraska’s most competitive U.S. Senate race, with one campaign threatening legal action over campaign advertising and a report about talk of “Hitler Youth.”. Nebraska nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter to an …
Largest venture in NU history, Project Health, gets green light from ...
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.
Petition signatures turned in for Nebraska paid sick leave ballot ...
WEBJun 27, 2024 · Organizers of Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans announced Thursday that they were turning in 138,000 voter signatures aimed at putting a minimum level of sick leave into state law. Jo Giles of Women’s Fund of Omaha, one of many groups helping with the petition drive, said they are confident the push has the 90,000 valid voter signatures …
Minimum wage rising to $12 an hour in Nebraska after voters …
WEBDec 20, 2023 · LINCOLN — The minimum wage in Nebraska will rise to $12 an hour Jan. 1 — an increase of $1.50 — after voters approved a ballot measure last year to make gradual increases in the minimum pay.
More than 200 businesses back Nebraska paid sick leave ballot …
WEBSep 25, 2024 · By: Aaron Sanderford - September 25, 2024 1:18 pm. OMAHA — Organizers of a November ballot measure that would require Nebraska businesses to provide employees with a minimum level of paid sick leave announced Wednesday that they had secured the public backing of more than 200 businesses. Paid Sick Leave for …
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WEBSep 27, 2024 · BY: Cindy Gonzalez - September 24, 2024. LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen has declared a state of emergency in Sioux County for the Bronco Fire, which has burned more than 1,000 acres since Sept. 18, the Governor’s Office said Tuesday. Latest reports indicate that the blaze northwest of Crawford in the Nebraska Panhandle is nearly contained.
Existing ‘equalization aid’ to schools could be main Nebraska …
WEBAug 7, 2024 · LINCOLN — A soon-to-be revamped property tax relief proposal in the Nebraska Legislature would use an existing school aid formula to funnel at least $1.8 billion to the state’s 244 school districts.. That change would be made largely to replace local property taxes with state funding, dropping maximum school tax rates for operational …
Term-limited Nebraska lawmakers mount what could be last push …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.
Third attempt made to prohibit state-led ‘unfunded mandates’ on ...
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.