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City Of Omaha Seeks Second Lobbyist To Work State Legislature In Lincoln

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — The City of Omaha is advertising to hire a second, “supplemental” lobbyist to work alongside longtime city lobbyist Jack Cheloha.

Cheloha, who has held the job for 28 years, says he’s “in the dark” about the request. But Mayor Jean Stothert, who initiated the effort, said hiring an additional lobbyist during the last session for bills related to the city’s streetcar initiative was helpful.

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Nebraska Election Officials Say Their Job Is More Stressful, Under The Spotlight

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — A trio of national researchers took turns Tuesday describing the rising threats and violence directed at officials who handle our elections, direct public health and educate our children.

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Nebraska Council On Developmental Disabilities Seeking Partner To Improve Nebraska’s Teaching Shortage

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 2:00am

Lincoln – The Nebraska Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCDD) is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) for the purpose of awarding federal funds to an eligible and qualified entity to improve the quality of lives of individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families.

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Congresswoman Calls For Examination Of Military Pretrial Confinement

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/22/2022 - 1:00am

A Texas representative whose district includes one of the nation’s largest Army posts is calling for hearings to examine the military’s pretrial confinement system, which gives commanders the discretion to detain service members facing criminal charges ahead of trial.

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Gov. Ricketts Honors 2022 Recipients Of The Governor’s Wellness Award

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Wellness Award. Steffany Lien, Miss Nebraska 2022, joined the Governor and DHHS to congratulate the award recipients and highlight the importance of workplace wellness. Five Nebraska organizations are being honored for offering evidence-based worksite wellness programs.

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Court Of Appeals Celebrates Ten Years Of College Campus Outreach At Midland University

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 2:00am

Judges of the Nebraska Court of Appeals celebrated 10 years of college student outreach at Midland University in Fremont on September 15, 2022. Their College Campus Initiative program began in 2012 at Peru State College and has been held in all non-metro universities throughout the state.

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Secretary Of State Robert Evnen Announces National Voter Registration Day

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 1:00am

LINCOLN- Secretary of State Robert Evnen is pleased to recognize voter registration day, Tuesday, September 20th, 2022. Voter registration day was founded by the National Association of Secretaries of State.

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Tentative Labor Deal Averts Threat Of Nationwide Rail Strike

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement Thursday to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.

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Gov. Ricketts Appoints Sarah Moore To The Separate Juvenile Court Of Sarpy County

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Sarah M. Moore of Omaha to the Separate Juvenile Court in Sarpy County.

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17 State Senators Pledge To End Secret Ballot For Legislative Committees, Herbster PAC Says

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 5:00am

OMAHA — Seventeen of Nebraska’s state senators have signed the first pledge pushed by Charles Herbster’s new political action committee: to scrap the Legislature’s unique system of electing committee chairs by secret ballot.

Republicans have sought that change for the nonpartisan body.