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Nebraska Judiciary Considers Workload, Mental Health

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 5:00am

Nebraska’s courts have made strides toward expanding access and improving efficiency over the past year, the state’s chief justice told lawmakers last Wednesday.

Farm, Business Groups Support Property Tax Bill

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 4:00am

Lincoln – A bill that would lower Nebraska’s property taxes by shifting more state aid to schools won support last week from the state’s top agricultural and business groups but faced strong opposition from schools that don’t want restrictions on their taxing power and don’t trust the state to maintain its funding.

Proposal Seeks to Allow Six More Senators in Unicameral

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 3:00am

A proposal would allow up to six more state senators to represent constitutes in Nebraska’s unique Unicameral Legislature.

Speaker Jim Scheer of Norfolk proposed a constitutional amendment to raise the maximum number of state senators to 55.

Reporters Find Nonstop Chaos in Immigration Courts

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 2:00am
Detainees lay on their bunks in their pod at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. The rural town is about 140 miles southwest of Atlanta and right next to the Georgia-Alabama state line. The town’s 1,172 residents are outnumbered by the roughly 1,650 male detainees that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said were being held in the detention center in late November. (AP)

Lumpkin, Ga. – In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits – and stalls.

Retailers Did Not Have a Merry Christmas

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 1:00am

Target reported a rare shortfall in holiday sales, raising concerns about the challenges ahead for the traditional retail industry even as the economy remains strong.

Target’s disappointing growth of 1.4% percent for November and December, dragged down by toys and electronics, fell well below the previous year.

Stolen Firearms Target of Bill

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Prosecutors would have increased authority to pursue people for receiving stolen firearms under a Nebraska legislative bill advanced from general file Jan. 15.

Licensing Proposed for Busses Allowing Occupants to Drink

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Lawmakers advanced a bill from general file Jan. 21 that would license charter busses that allow consumption of alcohol under the state’s Liquor Control Act.

LB 734, introduced last session by Omaha state Sen. Megan Hunt, would require companies that operate charter vehicles commonly known as party busses to obtain an annual license from the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.

Changes Sought For CPA Exam

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Students nearing the completion of an accounting degree would have more time to take the certified public accountant exam under a bill discussed Jan. 21 in a Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee hearing.

Nebraska AG Sues Panel That Approved Horse Racing Machines

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Nebraska’s attorney general filed a lawsuit last week against a state commission that voted to allow machine bets on previously run horse races despite the attorney general’s warnings that the machines are illegal.

DHHS Hires New Director for Children, Family Services Division

Published by admin on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:00am

The hiring of the next director of the Children and Family Services Division of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was recently announced.

Stephanie Beasley, chief operating officer of the private nonprofit Adult and Child Health in central Indiana, will take the job beginning Feb. 24.

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