The Lincoln City Council voted 5-0 to pass a gay rights ordinance similar to the one passed in Omaha – with the five Democrats on the council voting “yes” and the two Republicans abstaining from voting.
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Thursday, May 10, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
Continue reading …The attorney general’s office is expected to weigh in soon on the legality of Omaha’s recently passed gay rights ordinance and a similar ordinance being considered by the Lincoln City Council . In March, the Omaha City Council passed an ordinance protecting gay and transgendered people from discrimination. And on Monday, the Lincoln City Council will hold a public hearing on whether to protect gay and transgendered people from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation. Al Riskowski , executive director of the Nebraska Family Council , said he has met with representatives of the attorney general’s office since asking the office to look into the constitutionality of the Omaha law and Lincoln proposal.
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
Continue reading …LINCOLN — A Lincoln independent business group is trying to get its hands on a city attorney’s opinion dating to the 1980s because it could have some bearing on an anti-discrimination ordinance headed for the Lincoln City Council . Councilman Carl Eskridge has said he will introduce an ordinance this week that would ban discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity – similar to an ordinance recently passed in Omaha
Continue reading …LINCOLN — Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler indicated interest today in putting a sales tax increase proposal on the ballot in the spring municipal election. State lawmakers recently passed legislation that allows cities to increase their sales tax rates by a half-cent, to 7.5 cents per dollar, with the approval of a super-majority of the city council and then a vote of the people
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Thursday, April 19, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
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