Apr 30, 2021 | PP Updates & Alerts
The Legislature has completed 70 of the planned 90 days of the 2021 session. Senators have been busy, so far approving 92 measures. That includes the new two-year state budget, so they could theoretically go home for the year at any time. Note that the budget was...
Mar 29, 2021 | PP Updates & Alerts
Senators have completed 50 of the scheduled 90 days of the 2021 session. Regular committee hearings have given way to day-long floor debate, and most time allotments go to bills that have been designated as priorities by senators and committees. Expected shortly is...
Mar 2, 2021 | PP Updates & Alerts
Welcome to March and day 36 of the Legislature’s session. Day-long committee hearings continue (and the Capitol ballet of getting from room to room on time). An end, though, is in sight. The final meeting is scheduled for the morning of March 12. Then it will be on...
Feb 8, 2021 | PP Updates & Alerts
On Friday, the Legislature completed the fifth week of the session. The day-long hearing schedule continues, with testifiers running from room to room in the Capitol as there are more than usual timing conflicts. They also have to comply with COVID rules that...
Jan 12, 2021 | PP Updates & Alerts
The Nebraska Legislature convened for the 2021 session on January 3. The order of business on the first day included swearing in eight new senators and the selection of a new Speaker and committee chairs. Senator Mike Hilgers of Lincoln was elected as Speaker....
Mar 16, 2020 | PP Updates & Alerts
The status of the Legislature’s 2020 session is . . . uncertain, unsettled, fluid,This morning, Speaker Scheer announced that proceedings have been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 situation.Senators might reconvene next week if emergency appropriations are...
