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...
Mar 3, 2020 | PP Updates & Alerts
Senators have passed the halfway point in the 2020 session, and there is a bit of heavy lifting to do before the scheduled April 23 adjournment.Committee hearings concluded at the end of last week and full day floor debate begins today. With senator and committee...
Jan 31, 2020 | PP Updates & Alerts
The 2020 session of the Legislature is in its fourth week, and days are split between morning floor debate and afternoon hearings. In each case, proceedings swing between the quick and decisive and the stalemate. With a total of over 490 substantive new bills and...
