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Nebraska Legislature convenes for a special session to ease property taxes, but with no solid plan

Nebraska lawmakers have kicked off a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen with a directive to slash soaring property taxes in half

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Nebraska governor issues a proclamation for a special session to address property taxes

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has issued a long-awaited proclamation to call a special legislative session to address soaring property taxes

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Nebraska governor seeks shift to sales taxes to ease high property taxes. Not everyone is on board

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has announced a broad tax plan for an upcoming special legislative session billed to cut property taxes in half

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This Nebraska congressional district could be the key to the presidential election

If the vote is close, swing states will matter less than a few hundred thousand voters in the middle of the country

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Residents assess tornado damage in Nebraska and Iowa, as storm threat continues

Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Neb.

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Nebraska's Attempt To Change Election System Fails

Nebraska's failed attempt to switch to a winner-take-all system in elections impacts the Electoral College process.

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Far-right podcaster prompts Nebraska move to change electoral system

Charlie Kirk tweet leads to governor backing bill to end splitting of electoral college votes – potentially handing advantage to Trump

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In reversal, Nebraska governor accepts federal dollars to feed low-income kids

Jim Pillen breaks with 14 other Republican governors to enroll in Summer EBT, a new food program for school vacation months

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Why 15 states opted out of Summer EBT

The USDA is expanding food benefits programs this summer in an effort to provide children with nutritious meals

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Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out

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Iowa, Nebraska won't participate in U.S. food assistance program for kids this summer

The federal program gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out. A Democratic Iowa lawmaker called it a "cruel and short-sighted decision."

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Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts

University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its football stadium in Lincoln

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Nebraska governor’s remarks about Chinese reporter spark outrage

Yanqi Xu, 27, said she was ‘shocked’ by Jim Pillen’s comments and has since received support from other journalists

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Nebraska governor faces backlash for comments on investigative reporter's Chinese nationality

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing backlash after comments he made about the Chinese nationality of a reporter whose story cited environmental concerns at farms owned by the governor

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Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications

New regulations in Nebraska require trans youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments

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Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for anyone under 19 goes into effect this weekend

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Nebraska latest Republican state to expand Medicaid to cover postpartum care for low-income mothers

Lower-income new mothers will get a full year of Medicaid health care coverage in Nebraska under an order issued by Gov. Jim Pillen

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Nebraska Campaign To Repeal Tax Credits For Private Education Scholarship Accounts Files Signatures

Nebraska filed more than 117,000 signatures on Aug. 30 for a veto referendum to repeal Legislative Bill 753

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Nebraska campaign to repeal tax credits for private education scholarship accounts files signatures

Support Our Schools Nebraska filed more than 117,000 signatures on Aug. 30 for a veto referendum to repeal Legislative Bill 753, which authorized tax credits for taxpayers who contribute to education scholarships for students to attend private schools.

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The Christian right's misguided plan

The compassionate part only serves to make authoritarianism more palatable

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ACLU sues Nebraska over combined law targeting abortion and gender-affirming care: ‘Egregious overreach’

The state’s constitution states that ‘no bill shall contain more than one subject’

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Senator who voted for anti-trans bill that passed by one vote admits she wasn’t paying attention

Political scientist says majority of Nebraska legislators ‘seem not to know or care what they’re doing as long as it feels right to them and they have the votes to do it’

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Nebraska governor to sign 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is scheduled to sign a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19

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Nebraska set to restrict abortion, gender-affirming care for trans minors

The bill, likely the first to combine limits on abortion and gender-affirming care, heads to the governor's desk next.

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