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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State address, Jan. 25, 2023, at the the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

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Nebraska's governor says he'll call lawmakers back to address tax relief
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,04/19/24-4:47PM , 75 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State, Jan. 25, 2023, at the the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Pillen covered everything from the state’s response to recent winter storms to his support for a bill to limit transgender students' access to bathrooms in his State of the State address Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen backs anti-LGBTQ bill and tax cuts in state of the state address
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Thu,01/18/24-3:14PM , 164 Reads
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — In his second state of the state address to Nebraska lawmakers, Gov.
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Nebraska state Sen. Loren Lippincott, of Central City, sits at his desk on the floor of the Nebraska State Capitol, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 in Lincoln, Neb.. Lippincott has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state's method of carrying out the death penalty. The measure comes even as Alabama officials await a judge's ruling on a request to block its plans to become the nation's first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

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Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,01/05/24-4:33PM , 155 Reads
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Sun shines on South Dakota Capitol, Jan. 12, 2021, in Pierre, S.D. South Dakota officials will no longer deny applications for personalized license plates based on a state law that says any plate can be denied if it’s found to be “offensive to good taste and decency.” Officials agreed to the change as part of a settlement approved by a judge on Friday. As part of the settlement, state officials acknowledged that the “good taste and decency” language is unconstitutional. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP, File)

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South Dakota vanity plate restrictions were unconstitutional, lawsuit settlement says
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Tue,12/12/23-11:52AM , 79 Reads
South Dakota officials will no longer deny applications for personalized license plates based on whether the plate's message is deemed to be “offensive to good taste and decency," following the state's admission that the language is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.
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