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The Nebraska Legislature is â pick your metaphor â deep into the fourth quarter, past the seventh-inning stretch, rounding the turn of the current session.
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers of Lincoln announced Friday that he expects to end the session before the 90th day, the limit for regular sessions in odd-numbered years. But he didnât say how soon lawmakers could wrap up their work.
The state senators have some battles yet to fight and some fiscal juggling yet to accomplish before heading home. There are 16 scheduled days left in the session, with the last day currently set for June 10.
DON WALTON
Lincoln Journal Star
The Legislature on Monday stripped provisions from its casino gambling implementation bill that would have authorized electronic betting at keno parlor gambling sites.
As Nebraska expands its gambling environment, that provision had been added to help offer some competitive protection for keno parlors, which provide a source of revenue for community-betterment projects.Â
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers of Lincoln said addition of the keno provision to legislation designed to implement the advent of casino gambling mandated by a 2020 vote of the people stretched beyond the expanded gambling authorization.
And that, he said, threatens the bill s ability to acquire the 33 votes ultimately needed to enact a regulatory structure that, in effect, modifies the voter initiative.
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The Sioux City Community School District’s Weekly COVID-19 report shows only one new positive case among teachers and staff and no students. The district also released information about total cases and quarantines and those numbers show 19 students and 17 teachers and staff were out with the illness. Nine staff members were in quarantine and 245 students. The school district started the first two weeks of 2021 in virtual learning and will go back to five days of face-to-face learning next week.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health reports the deaths of six more Iowans due to COVID-19 complications and more than 1,300 positive cases in 24 hours.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska lawmakers are reserving the right to not meet as scheduled on Tuesday due to the expected armed protests at state capitols around the country. State lawmakers adjourned for the week Friday and won’t return “until the call of the speaker.” Normally, lawmakers return to the Capitol on a specified day. [.]