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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 ....
Nebraska advances DNA testing bill for violent crime cases GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Friday to a bill that would allow police to collect DNA samples from people who are charged with but not yet convicted of violent crimes, despite objections that it would infringe on civil liberties. Supporters likened the measure to police fingerprinting someone who was just arrested and said it could help solve cold cases. But opponents railed against the proposal as a potential violation of constitutional search and seizure protections, although the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld similar laws. Lawmakers advanced the bill, 30-11, through the first of three mandatory votes after overcoming a legislative filibuster to try to block it. ....
State legislators overcame a filibuster on Friday and advanced a bill that will require DNA swabs to be taken from a person arrested for a violent crime like murder, rape or robbery. LB496, also known as Katieâs Law, would make Nebraska the 32nd state that requires DNA samples to be taken of those arrested. It would expand an existing state law that requires DNA swabs of anyone convicted of a felony crime. Sen. Robert Hilkemann of Omaha, who had a similar bill blocked from passage five years ago by then-Sen. Ernie Chambers, said this yearâs bill was more narrowly drawn to include fewer felonies that would require DNA tests. ....
State lawmakers rejected an attempt Tuesday to steer more money into Nebraska's small, rural K-12 schools, many of which receive little aid from the state because they have few students and are surrounded by valuable farmland. ....