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Nebraska Legislature rejects change to citizen-backed minimum wage law
Summary
On final reading the Legislature failed to approve LB258, an attempt to alter the voter-approved minimum-wage schedule; supporters of the initiative and opponents clashed over economic and fiscal impacts.
Senator Conrad, speaking on the floor during final reading, asked colleagues to recommit LB258 and argued against the bill's changes to the citizen initiative on minimum wage. "I rise in continued opposition to LB258," Senator Conrad said, urging senators to preserve the law adopted by citizen vote and cautioning that the bill would artificially restrain working families' ability to earn a decent wage.
The measure, introduced on final as a statutory…
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