Working families are the engine of our economy. We know that ALL Nebraskans should be able to earn paid sick leave, regardless of age and where they work. Basic paid sick leave also keeps businesses and communities healthy. That’s why nearly 75% of Nebraskans supported paid sick leave at the ballot box in November 2024. […]
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Despite thousands of Nebraskans demanding that our Legislature honor the will of voters, 33 senators chose today to undermine our state’s voter-approved minimum wage law by passing ❌LB258 on Final Reading. This bill creates a subminimum wage for workers under the age of 20 and adds restrictions on the cost of living increases that Nebraskans
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***For Immediate Release***February 5, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Legislature advances harmful minimum wage bill, defying constituents LB258 directly undermines changes that were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2022 LINCOLN, NE – Today, 33 senators blatantly disregarded the will of Nebraskans by voting to pass LB258 on Final
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Every Nebraskan should have the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. During a time of increasing costs for everything from food to housing, it’s more urgent than ever that we give Nebraska’s lowest income families with children a fighting chance to live the good life. TOMORROW, Thursday, February 5, the Health and Human Services Committee
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Last year, Nebraskans came together to tell the Legislature HANDS OFF our voter-approved minimum wage law. Now, ❌ LB258 (Raybould) – a bill that will harm workers by severely weakening Nebraska’s minimum wage law by carving out a subminimum wage for young workers AND placing a harmful cap on the cost of living increases that
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You may have seen that over the weekend, a partial federal government shutdown started due to many concerns about funding harmful immigration enforcement tactics. This is a partial shutdown that DOES NOT IMPACT SNAP BENEFITS. Last year’s shutdown in October and November had huge impacts on SNAP, so we wanted to make sure this was
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We all deserve a safe, affordable, and stable place to call home – and our communities are strongest when housing is accessible to everyone regardless of their source of income. Housing is unaffordable for 40% of Nebraska renters, forcing families to sacrifice necessities to make ends meet. Public assistance programs – such as Section 8
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Our communities thrive when we look out for one another, especially during times of change or hardship. Nebraskans are going through exactly that with food assistance right now as cuts from the federal reconciliation bill (H.R.1) take effect. This legislative session, we’re watching three positive food access bills that take on changes from H.R.1 directly.
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The Nebraska Legislature introduced more than 500 new bills and proposed constitutional amendments this session and we’re ready to fight for justice and opportunity for all Nebraskans at the Capitol! Nebraska Appleseed Priority Bills Here are some of the newly introduced legislative priorities that Appleseed is supporting during the 2026 session. ⤵️ Supporting young people
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Remember back in 2021 when everyone in the US with kids got an extra few hundred dollars every month, and a few hundred more in their 2021 tax return? And then research showed that policy – the expanded federal child tax credit – cut child poverty by 46%? We thought that was pretty great! While
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