[Opinion] Nebraska AG says Lincoln lacks authority to impose proposed minimum wage ordinance

Nebraska AG says Lincoln City Council can't set own minimum wage

Attorney General Mike Hilgers said the City of Lincoln lacks authority to impose a local minimum wage, in an opinion released Thursday.

Nebraska AG says Lincoln lacks authority to impose proposed minimum wage ordinance

The opinion said that ordinances passed by a city are void if they are inconsistent with state law and interfere with a matter of statewide concern.