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Lawmaker pauses filibuster on agreement to debate trans bill
A lawmaker who has been holding up the work of the Nebraska Legislature for weeks to protest a bill that would ban gender-affirming therapies for minors has paused her persistent filibuster in a deal that will see lawmakers debate the bill next week. Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, of...
Kansas 'school choice' backers struggle to get past governor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans in Kansas hoping to earmark state education dollars for helping parents pay for private schooling are struggling to win over enough rural and moderate GOP colleagues to get a law enacted, in sharp contrast to debates in neighboring states. ...
Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald. March 12, 2023. Editorial: Nebraska needs to pay attention to its shortage of affordable housing It’s easy to see that Nebraska has a problem with a lack of affordable housing. House prices have gone up so much in recent decades...
School to pay $1M after boy who ate teacher's snack died
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school district has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a granola bar given to him by a teacher. The Papillion La Vista school board will vote on the wrongful death settlement with the parents of Jagger...
Garcia, Cooper help Minnesota beat Nebraska 78-75
CHICAGO (AP) — Dawson Garcia had 18 points, 13 rebounds and six assists and Ta'lon Cooper had 16 points and set the program record for assists in a Big Ten Tournament game with 12 to help Minnesota beat Nebraska 78-75 Wednesday night in an opening-round game. The 14th-seeded Golden...
Public money for private school tuition bill advances
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could join 48 other states in offering public money for private school tuition under a bill advanced by the state Legislature on Wednesday, even as some lawmakers expressed concern about taxpayer dollars going to private schools allowed to turn away students based on...
Proposals heard to wrest control of Nebraska education
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — No one showed up at public hearings Tuesday to support legislative proposals that would give Nebraska's Republican governor more control over the state's K-12 policies, while many people testified against the measures, with most citing a fear of politicizing basic education...
Nebraska bill would fund training on Holocaust education
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — With reports of antisemitic incidents on the rise across the U.S., Nebraska lawmakers considered a bill Monday that would fund teaching the history of the Holocaust and other genocides to the state's students. The bill by Omaha Democratic Sen. Jen Day would...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. March 2, 2023. Editorial: Improving the quality of justice in Nebraska Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Heavican was direct with state senators when he delivered his State of the Judiciary address last week: Nebraska needs to address...
