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  • Bill regulating medical marijuana advances to Unicameral floor

    Bill regulating medical marijuana advances to Unicameral floor
    May 1 2025
    In November, Nebraska voters approved initiatives legalizing possession of up to 5 ounces of medical marijuana. Thursday afternoon, a bill to regulate it advanced from the Legislature’s General Affairs Committee.
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  • Fischer ‘willing to give the president time’ on tariff policy

    Fischer ‘willing to give the president time’ on tariff policy
    May 1 2025
    In February, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report projected a $49 billion-dollar agricultural trade deficit for fiscal year 2025. That represents an all-time high. Trump announced a 90-day pause on most tariffs after a market decline in early April, but Chinese imports are subject to a 145% tariff, while other countries still have a 10% tariff. Fischer said she met with the Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, earlier this week and learned that trade negotiations are taking place with a number of countries.
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  • Tax incentives for defense contractors advances in Legislature

    Tax incentives for defense contractors advances in Legislature
    May 1 2025
    LB649, known as the Defense Efforts Workforce Act, would offer a 5% wage credit to defense contractors capped at $4 million dollars each year across all employers. To qualify for the credit, companies must have at least 10 full-time employees dedicated to the mission of Offutt Air Force Base. That would include employees working on intercontinental ballistic missile projects in the Nebraska panhandle and other businesses that report to the United States Strategic Command.
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  • Bill reducing inheritance taxes, raising county fees advances

    Bill reducing inheritance taxes, raising county fees advances
    Apr 29 2025
    Nebraska is one of five states that still levy an inheritance tax after Iowa ended its tax earlier this year. Getting rid of the tax has long been a goal for Sen. Rob Clements. His priority bill for this session, which was debated on the floor throughout the morning and afternoon, would reduce the two highest inheritance tax rates to 3%, while increasing the amount exempted for all three classes.
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  • Nebraska Public Media launching new podcast

    Nebraska Public Media launching new podcast
    Apr 26 2025
    How does the arrest of a Nebraskan for teaching German to students in the 1920s set a precedent for the U.S. Supreme Court? Fascinating historical events become relevant in a new podcast on Nebraska Public Media, hosted by Bill Kelly. “Once Again” premiers May 1.
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  • Balloon launches return to Omaha NWS Office, following new hires

    Balloon launches return to Omaha NWS Office, following new hires
    Apr 25 2025
    Last month, weather balloon launches at National Weather Service offices near Omaha, North Platte and Rapid City, South Dakota were scaled back or stopped entirely due to low staffing levels. Meteorologists say that without the weather balloons, forecasting becomes less accurate. The Omaha office has been down five of its 13 forecasters for the past three years.
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  • Otoe-Missouria tribe plants indigenous garden in Nebraska

    Otoe-Missouria tribe plants indigenous garden in Nebraska
    Apr 25 2025
    A few years ago, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe was welcomed back to their ancestral lands in Nebraska. A new milestone being unveiled Saturday (4/26) hopes to continue that reconciliation.
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  • Nebraska seeing increasing number of costly high-wind events

    Nebraska seeing increasing number of costly high-wind events
    Apr 21 2025
    An old saying says March often “comes in like a lion.” But this March was more like a huffing and puffing wolf, blowing a lot of stuff down. March is known to be windy in Nebraska – typically the second-windiest month on average behind April, according to National Weather Service. In fact, March 2025 set some of the windiest and costliest records in Nebraska history, continuing an escalating trend of expensive and damaging weather in Nebraska.
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