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WEB3 days ago · BY: Zach Wendling - September 9, 2024. LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has increased its overall student enrollment this fall for the first time in seven years, adding to total systemwide growth of 0.7% over fall 2023. University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold announced the fall 2024 enrollment totals Monday, pointing to an ...
Nebraska lawmakers advance ‘absolute minimum’ property tax …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · LINCOLN — Months of buildup for a new property tax relief-driven package was heavily narrowed in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday before being advanced with the “absolute minimum” provisions. Lawmakers voted 34-11 to end debate on Legislative Bill 34, accepting a “very skinnied-down ...
Winner-take-all push gets help of Gov. Jim Pillen, Sen. Lindsey …
WEB14 hours ago · LINCOLN — The national Republican push to help former President Donald Trump win all five of Nebraska’s Electoral College votes is ramping up again, and this time it might work. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday hosted two dozen state senators at the Governor’s Mansion, along with Secretary of State Bob Evnen, the state’s chief ...
Nebraska Supreme Court lets voters decide fate of school choice law
WEB6 days ago · LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday left voters with the choice about the future of the latest remake of a scholarship or voucher program to help families offset the costs of private K-12 education. The court unanimously decided, 7-0, that the ballot measure seeking to repeal Legislative Bill 1402 was not an appropriation and ...
Largest venture in NU history, Project Health, gets green light from ...
WEBAug 8, 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.
State employees union appeals remote work decision to Nebraska …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · LINCOLN — The union representing Nebraska state employees has appealed a labor court’s July decision that sided with Gov. Jim Pillen to end most remote work assignments. The Nebraska Association of Public Employees, which represents more than 8,000 state employees, announced Monday it had appealed the July 11 decision from the Nebraska ...
Flurry of 100+ new laws taking effect in Nebraska
WEBJul 22, 2024 · April 18, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A flurry of new state laws took effect Friday, establishing new policies for firearms in small schools, launching Parole Board reforms and expanding open government and voting rights. Of the 150 bills signed into law this year, more than 100 became effective last week.
Dueling abortion measures make ballot, Nebraska Supreme Court …
WEB6 days ago · LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court won’t stop the state’s voters from being the first nationally to weigh competing abortion-related initiatives on the same ballot since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The court weighed constitutional questions this week raised by three lawsuits: two seeking to block an abortion-rights amendment and ...
Existing ‘equalization aid’ to schools could be main Nebraska …
WEBAug 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 ...
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