Anna Wishart pushing bill to legalize medical marijuana
Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart offered the Legislature one more chance to legalize medical marijuana and enact strict regulations over who could access cannabis and how it could be used.
If lawmakers decided not to advance her measure (LB474), she said, voters will almost certainly be granted the opportunity to consider a ballot initiative next year asking them to enshrine âthe right to cannabis for medical purposesâ into the state constitution.
âMake no mistake,â Wishart said on Wednesday morning, âwe will get the signatures to qualify the initiative for the ballot. Weâve done it before in a global pandemic, and it will pass with overwhelming support in this state.â
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Nebraska banks that want to cash in on the cryptocurrency tech craze could start offering services to customers who own Bitcoin and other digital assets under a bill backed by Monday state lawmakers.
Nebraska bill allowing banks to offer crypto services moves forward Nebraska senators have favored a measure that would allow state banks to facilitate crypto transactions like those in Wyoming. 10746 Total views News
Nebraska lawmakers are moving forward with an initiative that would allow state banks to offer cryptocurrency services.
State Senators favored the measure through the first of three required votes in the legislature, with 39 lawmakers voting to advance the bill for enrollment and initial review on Sunday.
Introduced by Republican Mike Flood in January, Legislature Bill 649 aims to adopt the Nebraska Financial Innovation Act and create digital asset depository institutions, as well as provide for charter, operation, supervision and regulation of such institutions.
Nebraska lawmakers rejected a proposal that would slash all existing taxes and replace them with a 10% consumption tax on all new goods and services. LR 11 CA introduced by State Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard fail by two votes to advance to second round debate. Sign up for our Newsletters "If you think what we're doing here today is going to end this, you are wrong," Erdman said. Erdman said there is a lot of grassroots support for what he calls a.