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Senators give initial OK to $9.7B Nebraska budget package Associated Press 2 hrs ago By GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a $9.7 billion state budget that includes more money for property tax credits and college scholarships while setting aside $115 million for a possible state prison to ease overcrowding. Lawmakers advanced the measure, 42-0, through the first of three required votes. The package would cover state expenses for the next two fiscal years, starting on July 1. It came as some lawmakers warn...

Lincoln senator motivated by empathy in marijuana effort DON WALTON, Lincoln Journal Star April 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The spearhead in the battle to gain statutory approval in Nebraska for the use of medical marijuana to help tame or alleviate suffering is a Lincoln senator who is guided by medical science and prompted by personal empathy. Anna Wishart, the senator who went looking in the rain for the missing Capitol cat named Cameron, that spunky little feline who attracted a community’s attention earlier this month, has a deep well of energy and enthusiasm c...

Inside the COVID relief package passed by Congress: multiple measures aimed at providing targeted help for some of the lowest-earning Americans.According to the Tax Policy Center, the poorest one-fifth of Americans will see 20% higher incomes this year, thanks to $1,400 stimulus checks and an expanded child tax credit.That child tax credit was raised from the customary $2,000 per year per child to $3,000 per year for children aged 6-17, and $3,600 for children under 6. Plus, the credit will pay out on a monthly basis, meaning most American families with children may actually see monthly pa...

Across the nation officials are closing prisons as crime rates drop and views about drug use change, but not in Nebraska, where the governor is pushing for a new $230 million prison to relieve overcrowding and house a steadily rising inmate population.

Sens. Tony Vargas and Anna Wishart sought assurances that putting aside money equal to the first two years of a four-year project would not tempt the administration to “buy a