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Tax relief continues to take priority during Legislative session

LINCOLN — Tax relief has been a hot-button issue in the Nebraska Legislature during this legislative session, and it was no different last week.

Bills regarding that, school security and more were debated in the Unicameral last week. Here are some of the Legislature’s developments from the week.

If Peru Sen. Julie Slama’s LB 399 passes, it would be the first major revision to Nebraska’s civics education standards since 1949.

The bill would require eighth grade and 11thgrade students to complete a 100-question civics exam on American history, geography, government and economics.

 

 

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