Publications

In connection with the national trend of states focusing on data privacy, this session the Nebraska Unicameral is considering a privacy bill regarding biometric information in LB 954.  The Biometric Autonomy Law grants individuals ownership of and broad control over their biometric data collected and possessed by entities. The Law […]

The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024.  This article marks the halfway point of the Session.  Thirty legislative days remain in the session. Through the first ten days of this session, we identified and analyzed 193 legislative bills of interest, including 91 carryover bills from […]

The federal government recently revised the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act[1] (“TIFIA”) to allow the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to provide more financing to certain infrastructure improvement projects, including commercial to residential conversions.  The TIFIA program currently has over $70 billion dollars in lending capacity.  As of January […]

The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024.  Through the first ten days of the Session, we identified and analyzed 87 legislative bills of interest.  Those analyses are at this link.  Summaries in our companion newsletter, the Dirt Alert, are at this link. As […]

The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024.  As of the publishing of this article, thirty-eight (38) legislative days remain in the session.  Through the first ten days of this session we identified, analyzed and summarized one hundred and two (102) legislative bills of interest.  Links […]