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Sens. Ben Hansen, of Blair, and Rob Clements, of Elmwood, have been circulating a petition among their fellow lawmakers to try to build enough support for a special session.

Two Nebraska state senators are making a longshot push for a special legislative session to bar businesses from requiring that their employees get coronavirus vaccinations.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Nebraska state senators are making a longshot push for a special legislative session to bar businesses from requiring that their employees get coronavirus vaccinations. Sens.

The special session, proposed by Sen. Ben Hansen of Blair and Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, would also consider prohibiting governments and schools from mandating COVID vaccines.

View Comments Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced an advisory council made up of local city and county officials to assist in identifying and reviewing qualified candidates to fill the Eighth Judicial District court judge vacancy.  This comes in the wake of the Montana State Senate voting against the confirmation of Michele Levine as a Cascade County District Judge in April. It was the first time in 50 years the Senate has declined to confirm an interim judge. Members of the council include prom...

Vaccine priorities The time has come to bring some common sense and sanity to the priority of vaccine distribution. Health care workers and first responders should be at the top of the list. People over 65 with comorbidity should be next. The idea of a 25-year-old grocery clerk is just another CDC guideline that missed the mark. I sincerely hope Gov. Ricketts makes the state of Nebraska a benchmark for vaccine distribution and issues guidelines that let our senior citizens know that their lives...

COVID concerns Given that we just saw the highest number of deaths in one day since the COVID pandemic began with COVID deniers seemingly everywhere, our Republican governor, Pete Ricketts, ought to consider a more humanistic approach to COVID prevention mandates than just the number of open hospital beds, which may very well reflect a historical oversupply as much as anything. What about the number of front-line health care providers — nurses, doctors, housekeeping, patient transporters,...

The State of Nebraska joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, which supports an election-related Texas lawsuit.

Nebraska among list of states supporting Texas lawsuit challenging election results Share Updated: 8:53 PM CST Dec 9, 2020 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 8:53 PM CST Dec 9, 2020 KETV Staff Report On Wednesday, the State of Nebraska joined an amicus brief which was filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, according to a news release from Nebraska Attorney Generals Doug Petersons office.The following 17 states have signed the amicus brief...

The State of Nebraska has now joined an amicus brief, which allows them to participate in the argument of, the State of Texas' lawsuit questioning the integrity of the electoral process.