2013 Nebraska State Legislature

[iamjacobm]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130115/N ... income-tax

Gov. Dave Heineman called Tuesday for a "bold and courageous" plan to eliminate the state income tax, both individual and corporate.

In exchange, the governor would eliminate certain sales tax exemptions, though he deferred until later this week offering details of his proposed multi-billion dollar tax shift.

[Coyote]

Nebraska Gov. Heineman signs wind-energy bill
Neb. Gov. Heineman approves wind-energy bill to prevent Omaha from raising local sales taxes

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a wind-energy bill that he opposes to prevent the city of Omaha from increasing its local option sales tax. Heineman says he would have used a line-item veto to strike the wind-energy portions of the bill, but he can only use that power with budget bills.

[Brad]

How were those two things tied in to the same bill?

[Coyote]

Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha succeeded in amending the bill to include the repeal of the local option sales tax for Omaha.

[Coyote]

Neb. lawmaker to propose higher state minimum wage

Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha said Wednesday that he will introduce a bill to raise the rate from its current $7.25 per hour. Nordquist and five other lawmakers released statements calling on the federal government to increase its minimum wage, which is also $7.25 per hour.