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WEBSep 16, 2024 · LINCOLN — Secretary of State Bob Evnen has officially finalized Nebraska’s fall 2024 ballot with six ballot measures advancing to the Nov. 5 general election. Evnen said county election officials faced upwards of 600,000 signatures to verify this summer across six different petitions, each …
McDonnell says his position on winner-take-all never changed
WEB4 hours ago · McDonnell, explaining the decision on winner-take-all that he announced Monday, said he was more troubled by the timing of the proposed change than by the change itself. He said it felt like changing the rules of the game with two minutes left. “We call a timeout, go over and talk to the refs and say, ‘Hey, we know the value of a field goal ...
Four Nebraska schools praised as national ‘Blue Ribbon Schools’ …
WEB8 hours ago · LINCOLN — The U.S. Department of Education is honoring four Nebraska schools as “National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024” based on exemplary high learning standards. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Monday recognized 356 schools for the 2024 year, including four Nebraska schools in ...
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WEBBY: George Ayoub - September 9, 2024. In less than a month, early voting Nebraskans will cast ballots for the next president and a slate of other leaders who will make decisions that affect our lives. Voting, unimpeded and, we hope, informed, is how we do things. And it works … even when some try to undo the results and subvert our […]
‘Absolute minimum’ property tax relief plan advances in Nebraska ...
WEBAug 16, 2024 · LINCOLN — The “absolute minimum” property tax relief plan in the Nebraska Legislature inched closer to passage with small changes Friday, as lawmakers swatted down a proposed “compromise” for counties and municipalities.
Property tax debate to pick up Friday as Nebraska lawmakers …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · No full-fledged amendment has been filed for LB 34. Instead, State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, the Revenue Committee chair, offered more than a dozen amendments, in part to end various sales tax exemptions, before she offered the adjournment motion.It passed 25-10.. Linehan said that most of the sales tax exemptions on the latest list were not criticized during a 10-hour hearing on LB 1 ...
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WEB6 days ago · BY: Zach Wendling - September 18, 2024. LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen is praising a trio of new laws that he says enables the State of Nebraska to proactively identify and push back on security threats and foreign land ownership. Pillen, in a news conference last week, on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, praised ...
Nebraska lawmakers advance ‘absolute minimum’ property tax …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Education; Government & Politics; Labor & Growth; Nebraska lawmakers advance ‘absolute minimum’ property tax package after months of buildup Almost four months after Gov. Jim Pillen vowed to have lawmakers return for expansive property tax relief, they abandon the most recent package within 24 hours
Nebraska Gov. Pillen taking ‘potshots’ at state senators while …
WEBJun 15, 2024 · In successive town halls over the last several weeks, the governor has moved away from removing certain state sales tax exemptions, such as those on items that are also taxed as personal property after purchase. As of Friday, Pillen spoke of taking three other tax exemptions off the table: groceries, medicine and church transactions. The carveouts determine which products or services are or ...
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