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What's ahead: The hot topics, by the numbers and more as the Nebraska Legislature convenes
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What's ahead: The hot topics, by the numbers and more as the Nebraska Legislature convenes
- Jan 6, 2019
- Jan 6, 2019 Updated Jan 8, 2019
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If we're being honest, and many of us are in Nebraska, the Legislature is not for everyone.
Judging by the Journal Star online stories people read in droves, Nebraskans prefer accountings of arrests, car crashes, misbehaving weather, odd crimes, Husker sports, intriguing cars and their owners. Did we mention Husker sports?
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What will be the biggest topics in the 2019 Legislature?
Senators begin final readings on bills on the final day of the legislative session in 2018 at the Capitol.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
The Journal Star's Statehouse reporters have rounded up topics they believe will command attention in the 106th Nebraska Legislature session, which begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Here are their predictions:
Property tax
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A yard sign promoting Initiative 427, the Medicaid expansion initiative.
Associated Press file photo
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Richard Vogel, The Associated Press
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Legislature 2019: By the numbers
Lobbyist Walt Radcliffe (right) of Radcliffe and Associates checks his phone for messages as he waits outside Capitol's legislative chamber in 2013.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star file photo
8
Senators who represent Lincoln in the Legislature.
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Legislative session to take place 'under construction'
Jerry Estrada, with Sampson Construction, works near the west entrance of the Capitol in August. A $106 million renovation project has displaced many senators and staff.
Journal Star file photo
If you're headed to the Capitol to talk to your state senator during this legislative session, you might want to call ahead.
And if you think you know your way around, be warned there have been changes.
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Legislature: The reporters and editors bringing you legislative news
The Lincoln Journal Star Statehouse team (from left) JoAnne Young, Don Walton, Chris Dunker and Shelly Kulhanek.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
The team bringing Lincoln Journal Star readers their legislative news has combined journalistic experience totaling more than 106 years -- which is the number of the session that begins on Wednesday.
JoAnne Young is covering her 13th session of the Nebraska unicameral this year. She also writes about state agencies, and before that, reported on schools, county government and medical news for the Journal Star. She finished sixth out of 10 teams this season in her fantasy football league.
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