Katie Bohlmeyer News Today

Business leaders, environmentalists and developers spoke in favor of a proposal to eliminate minimum parking requirements, which planners say would reduce sprawling commercial lots over time.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission recommended approving a plan to eliminate minimum parking requirements in most commercial and industrial areas in hopes of eventually eliminating sprawling parking lots.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission recommended approving a plan to eliminate minimum parking requirements in certain areas in hopes of eventually eliminating sprawling parking lots.

Nebraskans have approved a ballot measure that would gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15, making it the latest red state to adopt the policy position long championed by those on the Left.

The city of Lincoln has only two permanent workers who make less than $15 an hour, but it has more than 550 seasonal and temporary workers below that threshold.

Those opposing the ballot initiative say increasing the minimum wage would be detrimental to small businesses, but many small businesses in Lincoln support it.

The last public hearings on Nebraska's voter ID and minimum wage initiatives were held Tuesday at the State Capitol. 

Both sides say they want to grow the state's economy but disagree on whether raising the minimum wage would do that.