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Hispanic Americans have lived in the region since before Nebraska became a state in 1867, but large scale migration didn't began until the 1980s and 1990s. In 1972, Nebraska was the first state to establish a statutory agency devoted to the needs of Hispanics, a group which then numbered about 30,000. [48]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, [1] until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. The territorial capital was Omaha.
Nebraska has a state sales and use tax of 5.5%. In addition to the state tax, some Nebraska cities assess a city sales and use tax, in 0.5% increments, up to a maximum of 1.5%. Dakota County levies an additional 0.5% county sales tax. [73] Food and ingredients that are generally for home preparation and consumption are not taxable. [74]
Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959; Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959; Federalism in the United States; List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union; List of U.S. state partition proposals; Perpetual Union; State cessions
“We want to give working-class people a seat at the table," said Osborn, 49, who in 2021 led hundreds of his fellow union members on a 77-day strike against the Kellogg cereal plant in Omaha ...
The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska. All acts of the Nebraska Legislature , the governor , and each governmental agency are subordinate to it. The constitution has been amended 228 times since it was first adopted in 1875, most notably to include the creation of a unicameral legislature.
Sept. 25, 2021: Michigan State 23, Nebraska 20 Against Michigan State, it took both. Nebraska had charged ahead 20-13 late in East Lansing, but MSU’s Jayden Reed returned a punt 62 yards for the ...