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Nebraska latest Republican state to expand Medicaid to cover postpartum care for low-income mothers

Lower-income new mothers will get a full year of Medicaid health care coverage in Nebraska under an order issued by Gov. Jim Pillen

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Nebraska Campaign To Repeal Tax Credits For Private Education Scholarship Accounts Files Signatures

Nebraska filed more than 117,000 signatures on Aug. 30 for a veto referendum to repeal Legislative Bill 753

Zenger · Sep 1, 2023

Nebraska campaign to repeal tax credits for private education scholarship accounts files signatures

Support Our Schools Nebraska filed more than 117,000 signatures on Aug. 30 for a veto referendum to repeal Legislative Bill 753, which authorized tax credits for taxpayers who contribute to education scholarships for students to attend private schools. 

Ballotpedia · Aug 31, 2023

Nebraska set to restrict abortion, gender-affirming care for trans minors

The bill, likely the first to combine limits on abortion and gender-affirming care, heads to the governor's desk next.

Axios · May 19, 2023

Nebraska Republicans approve combined gender-affirming care ban and anti-abortion bill after epic filibuster

Hundreds of people protested legislation targeting trans youth and abortion rights

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Nebraska lawmakers debate attaching 12-week abortion ban to trans youth health care ban

Nebraska lawmakers are debating a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in transgender minors

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Anti-Abortion Bills Narrowly Fail in South Carolina and Nebraska

"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, generally around the sixth week of pregnancy, fell one vote short Thursday of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Public money for private school tuition bill advances

Nebraska could join 48 other states in offering public money for private school tuition under a bill advanced by the state Legislature on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Pete Ricketts sworn in as Nebraska senator, replacing Sasse

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023