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Nebraska citizens have the right to challenge a bill through a referendum. To initiate this, a petition must be filed within 90 days of the Legislature's adjournment, and it must gather signatures from 5% of registered voters to suspend the law until a public vote. For the law to be repealed, signatures from 10% of registered voters are required.
The Speaker's agenda may be changed by a three-fifths vote of the elected members of the Legislature. The Speaker is not a member of any committee, but is an ex-officio member of the Rules Committee and the Executive Board. The current Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is John Arch, who was elected to the office on January 4, 2023.
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of August 17, 2024, the United States attorney is Susan T. Lehr, beginning on July 1, 2023.
[3] [4] The foreclosure crisis caused significant investor fear in the U.S. [5] A 2014 study published in the American Journal of Public Health linked the foreclosure crisis to an increase in suicide rates. [6] [7] One out of every 248 households in the United States received a foreclosure notice in September 2012, according to RealtyTrac. [8] [9]
Law school 2 Michael W. Pirtle, Chief Judge: June 24, 2011 (as Appellate Judge) September 13, 2020 (as Chief Judge) Dave Heineman (R) Nebraska: 6 Frankie J. Moore: January 28, 2000: Mike Johanns (R) Nebraska 3 Francie C. Riedmann: July 2012: Dave Heineman (R) Creighton: 1 Riko E. Bishop: July 19, 2013: Dave Heineman (R) Nebraska 4 David ...
LINCOLN - Nebraskans will be allowed to vote on two competing ballot initiatives that would expand or limit abortion rights this November, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday.. One of the ...
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.
Nebraska's top election official has no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restores the voting rights of those who’ve been convicted of a felony, a lawyer for the American ...