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Voters decided for medical marijuana; for Nebraska senators, it's not so easy to enact

York News-Times 03 Apr 2025
A Nebraska lawmaker said he intends to bring a bill implementing a citizen-enacted medical cannabis law to the floor this session, but what that legislation will ultimately look like remains unclear ... Meet Nebraska state senators making laws in 2025.
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Lawmakers advance bill excluding some employees from paid sick leave

The North Platte Telegraph 29 Mar 2025
Before a citizen-enacted law allowing all Nebraska workers to earn paid sick leave could take effect later this year, the Legislature on Friday narrowed who will be eligible for the new benefit moving forward ... .
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The barn that sheltered John Brown and former slaves gets a boost from Lawrence’s new ...

Lawrence Journal World 29 Mar 2025
In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act would allow the citizens of those western territories to decide through popular vote whether they wanted to become a free state or a slave state.
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Nebraska lawmakers advance bill excluding some employees from paid sick leave

York News-Times 28 Mar 2025
Before a citizen-enacted law allowing all Nebraska workers to earn paid sick leave could take effect later this year, the Legislature on Friday narrowed who will be eligible for the new benefit moving forward.
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Nebraska lawmakers consider measure rolling back parts of voter-passed paid sick leave law

Beatrice Daily Sun 27 Mar 2025
Much of Wednesday's debate on a paid sick leave law focused on what role, if any, the Legislature should play in amending successful citizen-led initiatives in Nebraska ... .
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Letter: Ashamed, for the first time

Lincoln Journal Star 26 Mar 2025
For the first time in my near 70 years as an American citizen I am ashamed of my country. Trump's and Nebraska’s Congressional delegation's behavior is an affront to the values I hold ... .
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Nebraska senators propose measures to promote voting participation, registration

York News-Times 20 Mar 2025
... at boosting election participation — one to allow any Nebraska county to conduct its elections by mail and another to automatically register citizens to vote when they get their driver’s licenses.
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Nebraska Legislature postpones debate on lawmaker salaries. 'We don't deserve a raise,' says one

York News-Times 18 Mar 2025
Past proposals to raise legislative salaries left a bad impression with Nebraska voters, Hansen said, and he argued proposing a citizen commission instead would garner more support on the ballot.
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