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BY Seth Tupper, John Hult and Makenzie Huber - November 6, 2024. Trump in second administration promises mass deportations, tariffs and spending cuts. BY Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler - November 6, 2024. Views from Election Day 2024 in Nebraska. BY Nebraska Examiner staff - November 6, 2024. Voters in at least seven states restore ...
Education commissioner outlines priorities at Nebraska legislative ...
1 day ago · The main focus of Maher’s briefing focused on three legislative priorities that the State Board of Education seeks to achieve by 2030: Improve third-grade reading proficiency on state tests to 75%. Halve the number of school staffing vacancies. Halve chronic absenteeism. The K-12 state test results for the previous school year won’t come ...
Medical cannabis prevails at Nebraska’s ballot box, but fate …
6 days ago · Supporters of medical cannabis joined together in support of two related ballot measures for the 2024 general election at a public hearing for Initiative Measures 437 and 438 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Nebraskans vote yes to requiring employers to provide earned …
6 days ago · The Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans group turned in more than 138,000 signatures from voters to reach the ballot. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska employers will now be required to provide earned paid sick leave for eligible employees, through a ballot issue that passed Tuesday. Advocates had estimated that 250,000 ...
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5 days ago · BY: Paul Hammel - November 8, 2024. LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday sustained a request to disbar a Bennington lawyer for dodging more than $400,000 in federal income taxes. Thomas O. Campbell, who had been a practicing attorney since 2011, pleaded guilty in December to willfully filing false income tax returns from 2014 to ...
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BY: Zach Wendling - November 6, 2024. LINCOLN — All four incumbent members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents who were up for election this fall appeared likely to return based on Tuesday’s election results. Regents Elizabeth O’Connor of Omaha, Rob Schafer of Beatrice and Barbara Weitz of Omaha all were ahead of their challengers.
Existing ‘equalization aid’ to schools could be main Nebraska …
Aug 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 expenses from $1.05 per $100 of property valuations to a ...
Term-limited Nebraska lawmakers mount what could be last push …
Aug 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.
Consultant sees $531M in trims to NE state government
Jul 6, 2024 · LINCOLN – A highly-paid consultant is projecting that Nebraska state government could cut $531 million in spending within a year if it more sharply focused on system-wide outcomes that better serve its customers, and tapped more federal and state reserve funds. In a 57-page report after a year on the job, Utah-based Epiphany Associates said ...
Minimum wage rising to $12 an hour in Nebraska after voters …
Dec 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.