The Latest Breaking News from Jim Pillen

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

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

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

Zenger · Sep 1, 2023

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

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

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.

Axios · May 19, 2023

Nebraska Republicans approve combined gender-affirming care ban and anti-abortion bill after epic filibuster

Hundreds of people protested legislation targeting trans youth and abortion rights

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Nebraska lawmakers debate attaching 12-week abortion ban to trans youth health care ban

Nebraska lawmakers are debating a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in transgender minors

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Anti-Abortion Bills Narrowly Fail in South Carolina and Nebraska

"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, generally around the sixth week of pregnancy, fell one vote short Thursday of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Public money for private school tuition bill advances

Nebraska could join 48 other states in offering public money for private school tuition under a bill advanced by the state Legislature on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023