Week three at your Legislature got even busier, with Session until noon and Committee hearings all around the Capitol beginning at 1:30. The final day to introduce bills was Thursday, January 23. There have been 482 new bills introduced in the 2020 Session, bringing the total number of Bills…
CNN and other news sources report basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, died early today in Los Angeles, California in a helicopter crash. According to TMZ, Kobes 13 year old daughter Gianna Maria Onore, aka GiGi, was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash. TMZ is told…
The National Weather Service had been predicting 1 to 2 inches of snow through Thursday in eastern Nebraska. West Point was to have gotten under an inch. But by 7:45 Thursday morning, West Point to Norfolk commuters encountered heavier snow, with slick surfaces on Highway 275 and other routes. Some…
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 328 AM CST Thu Jan 23 2020 Light snow will redevelop across the area today. Treacherous travel is anticipated at times. Knox-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Cuming-Platte- Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Including the cities of Creighton, Bloomfield, Crofton, Wausa, Verdigre, Niobrara, Neligh, Elgin, Pierce, Plainview, Osmond,Wayne, Albion, St. Edward,…
Jan. 17, 2020 – Lincoln, NE The first full week of this year’s short legislative session brought with it the start of full days of debate and many more introduced bills. Unlike a long session where there is little to debate until newly introduced bills are able to go through…
Winter Weather Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 333 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2020 Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Cass- Including the cities of Onawa, Mapleton, Missouri Valley,Woodbine, Logan, Dunlap, Harlan, Council Bluffs, Glenwood,Red Oak, Sidney, Hamburg, Tabor, Farragut, Clarinda, Shenandoah,Creighton, Bloomfield, Crofton, Wausa, Verdigre, Niobrara,Hartington, Laurel, Randolph,…
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 312 AM CST Thu Jan 16 2020 I Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont- Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison- Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler- Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Cass- Including the cities of Onawa, Mapleton, Missouri Valley, Woodbine, Logan, Dunlap, Harlan, Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Red Oak, Sidney, Hamburg, Tabor, Farragut, Clarinda, Shenandoah, Creighton, Bloomfield, Crofton, Wausa, Verdigre, Niobrara, Hartington, Laurel, Randolph,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) voted to advance the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The agreement passed the committee by a bipartisan vote. The full Senate is expected to vote on the agreement tomorrow, sending it to President Trump’s desk for signature.…
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that one of his key mid-biennium budget proposals is delivering flood relief for Nebraskans. “When we were faced with the most widespread and costliest natural disaster in state history, Nebraskans responded with heroic grit, determination, resilience, and generosity,” said Governor Ricketts. “Communities across…
Your Legislature was gaveled in for the opening session of 2020 on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Two hundred and fifteen (215) bills were introduced in the first three days. As a reminder, bills can be introduced by Senators for the first ten (10) days of session, which is January 23,…
