Nebraska lawmakers adjourned for the year Monday broadly pleased — if not quite delighted — after they balanced the budget and passed a slew of conservative policies this year.

Nebraska senators did not advance a bill to regulate medical cannabis, with opponents arguing that a cannabis commission should have the authority. A bill to use tobacco and vape sales taxes to ...

A legislative proposal that would ban most consumable hemp and other THC products in Nebraska advanced Tuesday without ...

A bill to use tobacco and vape sales taxes to provide property tax relief failed to advance in the Nebraska Legislature. The initial proposal included a slate of services and ...

The proposal (LB170) to tax sugary drinks, end sales tax exemptions for 18 services and raise taxes on nicotine-based ...

A late legislative attempt Wednesday to give additional protections to health care practitioners who recommend medical ...

The Legislature started off their Monday morning session by debating LB 170 and a few amendments to it that would change the ...

Legislative Bill 317, from State Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, passed 34-12 without debate. This July 1, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources will be folded into the Nebraska Department of ...

Tom Brandt of Plymouth was moved to the second ... it would not be considered by Nebraska voters. Brandt said the constitutional amendment, if approved by voters, would give the Legislature ...

Nebraska’s version of “One Big Beautiful Bill” for property tax relief went up in smoke Monday despite an effort to narrow new revenues to increased taxes on cigarettes and vapes.

Tom Brandt. He is concerned that the revenue shortfall will grow, and so will the property tax crisis. "I can tell you that property taxes in the state of Nebraska are probably going to go up ...

State Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth joins Gov. Jim Pillen at one of the governor’s property tax town halls on May 24, 2024, in Beatrice. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) Pillen, echoing comments ...