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Nebraska Legislature Convenes First Session of Two-Year Bienniem
The 106th Nebraska Legislature, First Session, convened its 2019 session this week. The first day, new senators plus re-elected senators were sworn into office and Senator Jim Scheer was re-elected Speaker of the Legislature for the next two years. Senators also elected chair positions for the 14 standing committees, the Executive Board and the Committee on Committees.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2019 | Posted in Legislation
2019 Nebraska Legislature to Convene January 9
The 106th Nebraska Legislature, First Session, will convene January 9 for 90 days, marking the beginning a new biennium that includes passing a two-year state budget. Read More
December 13, 2018 | Posted in Legislation
Nebraska Legislature: 2018 Early Childhood Policy Highlights
The 105th Nebraska Legislature, Second Session, adjourned sine die April 18. To balance the state budget, Governor Ricketts introduced across-the-board cuts resulting in early childhood programs receiving a 2% cut for FY2018-2019 and a 4% cut the following year. Here's our session-end report detailing specific bills impacting early childhood this session. Read More
April 26, 2018 | Posted in Legislation
Cuts to Quality Early Childhood Funding Pose a Risk-vs.-Gain Problem for Taxpayers
Nebraska’s Corrections system has been the subject of urgent discussion in the Legislature given its insufficient facilities, prison rioting and workforce instability. Reducing state funding for Sixpence and other quality early childhood programs represents a very small savings to taxpayers in the larger scheme of things. If even a few young children at risk eventually drift into the Corrections system, it will be too late to ask ourselves if those savings were worth it. Read More
March 29, 2018 | Posted in Legislation
2018 Nebraska Legislature Convenes
Senators open the short, 60-day session of the 105th Nebraska Legislature facing a $200 million budget shortfall. Read More
January 04, 2018 | Posted in Legislation
Nebraska Legislators Adjourn Sine Die
The first session of Nebraska's 105th Legislature adjourned Sine Die on May 23, Senators tackled many important issues and introduced nearly 700 bills, but the session was dominated by efforts to achieve a balanced budget despite significant revenue shortfalls. See our report on bills we identified as high-priority during this legislative session.
Read MoreMay 24, 2017 | Posted in Legislation
Nebraska Legislation to Watch
Nebraska senators introduced nearly 700 bills in the first 10 days of the current legislative session. Of those, we’ve identified six as priority bills and 90 others that have the potential to impact the earliest years of a child’s life. Read More
February 16, 2017 | Posted in Legislation
105th Nebraska Legislature, First Session, Convenes
The Nebraska Legislature convened the first session of the 105th Legislature yesterday. Senator Jim Scheer was elected Speaker, replacing Senator Galen Hadley whose term ended in December due to term limits. Read More
January 05, 2017 | Posted in Legislation
A Look Back: Senator Kathy Campbell
Senator Kathy Campbell continues our blog series by term-limited senators looking back over their eight years in the Nebraska Legislature. Thank you for your service to Nebraska Senator Campbell. Read More
December 15, 2016 | Posted in General Legislation
A Look Back: Senator Tanya Cook
This is part of a series of blog posts by Nebraska's term-limited senators. We thank them for their dedication and service to Nebraska. In this post, Senator Tanya Cook looks back on her eight years representing District 13. Read More
December 01, 2016 | Posted in General
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