Week of March 31, 2025 LB 415 Amendment Undermining Paid Sick Leave advances Late last week, senators narrowly voted to advance LB 415 (Ballard) with committee AM 545, which was the root of opposition for labor unions and groups advocating for workers’ rights. While the underlying bill LB 415 adds
Week of March 24, 2025 Last week we passed a milestone of the halfway point in the 90-day long session, as Monday marked Day 45. The body has been relatively productive in handling the people’s business thus far this year, passing a lot of mostly noncontroversial bills without the substantial
Week of March 10, 2025 The temperature is starting to rise in your Nebraska Legislature as senators and committees have begun designating their priorities for the session, giving us a picture of what legislators might spend their time debating – other than the budget, which is their only required duty
Early last week, all eyes were on the Appropriations Committee as the University of Nebraska geared up to plead its case against Gov. Pillen’s and the committee’s proposed 2% cut to its budget. The University System had requested a 3.5% increase for this budget cycle; instead, it’s on the chopping
Week of February 17, 2025 As morning floor debate has for the most part chugged steadily along, some have observed a trend emerging in a handful of bills which have been subject to more debate and scrutiny thus far this session: multiple conservative-backed measures that progressives say attempt to tip
Sen. Stinner, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has outlined procedures for the public hearing for LB1014, the governor’s recommendations for spending funding the state receives from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The hearing will take place on Tuesday, January 25th at 1:30 pm in Room 1524 at the State
Line in the Sand Drama erupted in the Nebraska Legislature as senators drew a line in the sand to continue funding for health clinics that serve women and rural Nebraskans. The Legislature previously advanced the mainline budget bill, LB944, to Select File with language stating that “no funds disbursed under
An Exhausting Week The Nebraska Legislature had its first late night of the session last week as Senators battled over the budget. Debate lasted six hours and was devoted almost entirely to the issue of Title X funding for women’s health clinics that provide preventative health care services to women
