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Stop the Senate’s harmful immigration proposal for families & communities

Immigrants & Communities, Race Equity, Welcoming / By Vanessa Martinez / 02/05/2024

It is unacceptable to trade away life-saving protections. The U.S. must honor its values of welcoming families and people seeking safety. Instead, the Senate is proposing to trade away life-saving protections in current immigration and asylum law as part of other funding negotiations. These changes would create more chaos at the border, sending children, mothers, […]

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At the Capitol: Summer EBT Hearing on Thursday!

Legislative Updates / By Katie Pitts / 01/30/2024

Last week, the Legislature started on hearings and floor debate. Floor debate will continue to take place in the mornings, and hearings will be held in the afternoons. Hearings are currently scheduled to run through February 29. We are excited to share that Senator Ray Aguilar of Grand Island made LB952 his personal priority bill.

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2024 Nebraska Appleseed Legislative Priorities

Child Welfare, Economic Justice, Health Care, Immigrants & Communities, Legislative Updates, Race Equity, Voting & Elections, Welcoming / By Katie Pitts / 01/27/2024

The Nebraska Legislature introduced almost 600 new bills and proposed constitutional amendments this session and we’re ready to fight for justice and opportunity at the Capitol! Nebraska Appleseed Priority Bills Here are some of the legislative priorities that Appleseed is supporting during the 2024 session. ⤵️ Supporting young people navigating the child welfare system Expanding

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TAKE ACTION: Help Protect Renters from Eviction!

Economic Justice / By Lizzie Turner / 01/26/2024

We want to see Nebraskan families thrive and for our kids to get a great education. Children, caretakers, and school staff need and deserve stable housing to flourish. School can be challenging for many kids as it is, and it is made even more difficult without stable housing. Eviction leads to poor school performance and

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Speak Out in Support of Legislation to Require Summer EBT in Nebraska!

Economic Justice / By Megan Hamann / 01/24/2024

We believe that all children should have the food they need to thrive and that Nebraska should make use of every tool available to make this happen. Summer EBT is a program that can do just that! It’s a new, permanent program that would provide 150,000 children participating in free or reduced price school meals

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At the Capitol: Floor debate and hearings have started!

Child Welfare, Economic Justice, Legislative Updates / By Katie Pitts / 01/23/2024

Hearings and floor debate began this week. Floor debate will take place in the mornings and hearings will be held in the afternoon.

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Nebraska Appleseed Response to the Governor’s State of the State

Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 01/18/2024

***For Immediate Release***January 18, 2024 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org Nebraska Appleseed Response to the Governor’s State of the State LINCOLN, NE — Today, Nebraska Appleseed Executive Director Becky Gould issued the following statement in response to the Governor’s State of the State address delivered this morning: “This morning, Governor Pillen

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At the Capitol: Hearings start next week!

Legislative Updates / By Katie Pitts / 01/17/2024

Last week, we wrapped up the first full week of the Legislature’s 2024 session. New bill introduction will continue through the end of the day today. (Click here for a list of everything introduced so far.) Hearings will begin next Monday, January 22 and floor debate on bills will start next week after rule changes

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Let’s end source of income discrimination!

Economic Justice / By Lizzie Turner / 01/13/2024

Everyone deserves a place to call home. As we wrapped up 2023, the Coalition for Source of Income Protections in Housing closed out the year by delivering over 520 signatures to the Lincoln City Council calling on our city to put protections in place so that renters can’t be discriminated against based on their source

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Congress can bring back the expanded Child Tax Credit – tell them to act now!

Economic Justice / By Diane Amdor / 01/12/2024

Remember back in 2021 when everyone in the US with kids got an extra few hundred dollars per month in their bank accounts? And then research showed that the expanded federal Child Tax Credit cut child poverty by 46%? We thought that was pretty great! But since the end of the expanded Child Tax Credit,

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