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Columbus, Nebraska · ColumbusBy MARGERY A. BECK
Associated Press A Nebraska bill to limit transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams has advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session. Now a lawmaker who ground the legislature to a halt last year over a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors is promising to do so again. Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh says she will filibuster bills not yet passed if Omaha Sen. Kathleen K…See the Story
Nebraska lawmakers to debate a bill on transgender students' access to bathrooms and sports teams
71% Center coverage: 17 sources
Republican Party · ColumbusLINCOLN — State Sen. Mike McDonnell’s slow march toward the Nebraska Republican Party reached its destination Wednesday after years as a firefighter, union leader and sometimes kingmaker in Democratic politics.See the Story
State Sen. Mike McDonnell’s switch to GOP could spur new push for winner-take-all in Nebraska
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Columbus, Nebraska · ColumbusA bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing obscene material failed to break a filibuster Wednesday in the Legislature. But heated debate over it led the body's Republican Speaker of the Legislature to slash debate times in half on bills he deemed as covering social issues for the remaining 13 days of the session.See the Story
A Nebraska bill to subject librarians to charges for giving 'obscene material' to children fails
46% Center coverage: 11 sources
Columbus, Nebraska · ColumbusState Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island, who chairs the Legislature's Executive Board, says he has personally launched an investigation. Halloran declined to comment after the announcement on the floor of the Legislature, except to say that Aguilar was in violation of a policy that made such investigations confidential. Several senators described the speech as an aggressive affront to a fellow senator.See the Story
‘Resolution’ to censure Halloran for comments filed after legislative harassment probe
75% Center coverage: 4 sources
Gold · ColumbusDr. Jeffrey Gold is the current chancellor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Gold is responsible for campus leadership, program quality and operations. He will now undergo a 30-day vetting period. The board is meeting again on April 19 to vote on the next president.See the Story
Dr. Jeffrey Gold named priority candidate to become NU president
60% Center coverage: 5 sources
Columbus, Nebraska · ColumbusFlatwater Free Press sued the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy. The department charged the outlet more than $44,000 for five years of records regarding drinking water and nitrates. The Nebraska Supreme Court said state lawmakers had explicitly prohibited agencies from charging requesters for the services of an attorney.See the Story
Nebraska Supreme Court says state agencies can charge special fees for review of public records
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