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A $10 million effort to ease Nebraskas child care crisis by paying the costs of child care for workers in the field cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature.

A $10 million effort to ease Nebraskas child care crisis by paying the costs of child care for workers in the field cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature.

A $10 million effort to ease Nebraskas child care crisis by paying the costs of child care for workers in the field cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature.

A $10 million effort to ease Nebraskas child care crisis by paying the costs of child care for workers in the field cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature.

A $10 million effort to ease Nebraskas child care crisis by paying the costs of child care for workers in the field cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature.

The legislature's telecommunication committee heard bills introduced in response to last year's 911 outages on Tuesday.

Telecommunications lobbyists lined up Tuesday to oppose an effort to speed up Nebraskas transition to the Next Generation 911 system — drawing skepticism from lawmakers.

The proposal calls for providers offering telecommunications services in Nebraska to ditch the legacy, copper wire system that regulators have blamed for contributing to a series of 911 service outages.

The proposal calls for providers offering telecommunications services in Nebraska to ditch the legacy, copper wire system that regulators have blamed for contributing to a series of 911 service outages.

The proposal calls for providers offering telecommunications services in Nebraska to ditch the legacy, copper wire system that regulators have blamed for contributing to a series of 911 service outages.