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4 days ago · By Cindy Gonzalez - November 11, 2024. BRIEF. Dozens of WWII-era inert munitions found in Beatrice, Nebraska, home after resident’s passing. BY Cindy Gonzalez - November 12, 2024. North Dakota seeks to intervene in latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit. BY Mary Steurer - November 12, 2024.
Attorneys summarize arguments against Nebraska’s successful …
17 hours ago · LINCOLN — Attorneys summarized their arguments this week for why a district court judge should void the election results last week for Nebraska’s successful medical cannabis ballot measures. Kuehn sued the three ballot sponsors of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, as well as Nebraska Secretary ...
Final votes counted in key central Nebraska legislative race
2 days ago · As of final votes counted Tuesday night, former State Sen. Dan Quick continued to lead State Sen. Ray Aguilar. Quick was up by 135 votes, which is outside mandatory recount margins. Quick served in the Legislature from 2017 to 2021. Then in 2020, Aguilar, who had served between 1999 and 2009, beat Quick to return to the District 35 seat.
Education commissioner outlines priorities at Nebraska legislative ...
3 days 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 ...
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2 days ago · BY: Cindy Gonzalez - November 12, 2024. LINCOLN — A stash of World War II-era munitions, about 40 pieces of ordnance, were discovered in a Beatrice home after the resident passed away. Examination by the Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Squad and members of the Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th EOD unit, which responded after a call Thursday ...
Nebraska Examiner launches 2024 general election voter guide
Oct 14, 2024 · Nebraska Capitol photo by Rebecca S. Gratz for the Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — The Nebraska Examiner is officially launching a November 2024 voter guide for all candidates for federal and legislative offices as well as the State Board of Education and University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The guide also includes information on six ballot ...
Ballot measure fundraising nears $40 million ahead of Nebraska …
Nov 4, 2024 · July 8, 2024. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraskans are facing one of the most expensive elections in state history, including about $38 million raised and at least $32 million spent on campaigns involving six ballot measures. Five campaigns have measures on the ballot, with the most expensive being the conflicting ...
Medical marijuana legalization and regulation are certified for ...
Sep 13, 2024 · Election 2024; Government & Politics; Health; Medical marijuana legalization and regulation are certified for Nebraska’s November ballot Secretary of state says the campaign’s two petitions “appear” to have enough valid signatures but that continued investigations could lead a court to throw election results out later
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.
Lawmakers pass Nebraska income tax cuts, property tax offsets, …
May 25, 2023 · For tax year 2023, Nebraska taxes income at and above $37,130 for individuals and at and above $74,260 for married couples at its top income tax rate of 6.64%. LB 754 will cut the top rate to 3.99% by 2027. The bill eventually cuts the second tax bracket rate, currently 5.01%, to 3.99% by 2027. A farmer harvests a field of dry, edible beans in ...