Telecommunications lobbyists lined up Tuesday to oppose an effort to speed up Nebraska s transition to the Next Generation 911 system — drawing skepticism from lawmakers.
The Nebraska Legislature debated abolishing the inheritance tax Tuesday, and senators heard a bill designed to speed up hearings on 911 emergency call outages.
The proposal calls for providers offering telecommunications services in Nebraska to ditch the legacy, copper wire system that regulators have blamed for contributing to a series of 911 service outages.