Pillen team offers new explanation for timing of $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract
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Jan. 27: Douglas County commissioners hear reports from heads of Corrections, Weed Control
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Legislature passes law capping annual minimum wage bumps, creates ‘youth’ wage below $15
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner State Sens. Jane Raybould of Lincoln and Tony Sorrentino of the Elkhorn area. May 22, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s minimum wage will annually increase at 1.75%, no longer by the cost of living, and certain teen workers, starting this July, can be paid a subminimum wage […]
Pillen team offers new explanation for timing of $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, left, listens to his chief of staff, Dave Lopez. Jan. 28, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen’s administration, facing scrutiny for a no-bid emergency contract with a lobbyist to whom he steered more than $2 million in state money, has again […]
OHA stopped evictions to fight a lawsuit. It’s making Omaha’s public housing unsafe, staff says
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Committee advances one-word tweak to Nebraska Constitution on citizen voting
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner State Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, chair of the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee, takes questions during legislative debate. March 31, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A legislative committee advanced a proposed amendment Wednesday that would change one word to two in the Nebraska Constitution about only citizens voting […]
Nebraska preservation tax credit could be eliminated to close $400M budget gap
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Gov. Pillen proposes ending credit that helped renovate Omaha’s Cottonwood Hotel and hundreds of other historic buildings. Gov. Jim Pillen has proposed eliminating the state’s historic preservation tax credit to help close a nearly $400 million budget deficit A tax credit has helped fund […]
Driver and injured protester among six ticketed by Fremont police in anti-ICE rally
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Rescue personnel take a Fremont student to the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle displaying a Trump flag during a student-led, non-school demonstration in front of the high school. The vehicle fled. (Courtesy of Veronica Sandoval/News Channel Nebraska) OMAHA — Fremont police have cited six people in […]
Nebraska lawmakers reject bill to require screenings of coercion, abuse for abortion patients
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner State Sens. Tanya Storer of Whitman, left, and Merv Riepe of Ralston. Jan. 29, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — In the first cloture vote of Nebraska’s 2026 legislative session, lawmakers rejected an attempt to update state abortion statutes to require screenings for coercion and abuse. Legislative Bill […]
Nebraska Medicine takeover coming as university health systems across the US eye expansion
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