Saturday, January 11

Tag: state Sen. Lou Ann Linehan

Concern of whether Nebraska public cash can go to independent schools still set for November tally

Concern of whether Nebraska public cash can go to independent schools still set for November tally

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Nebraska's leading election authorities has actually ruled that citizens will get to choose this year whether to reverse a law that provides taxpayer cash for independent school scholarships. Both Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen and state Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, who authored the school option law and looked for to have the repeal effort kept off the tally, acknowledge that the courts will likely eventually choose if the repeal concern makes it onto November's tally.Evnen stated in a press release late Thursday that he sought advice from state law and previous state attorney general of the United States viewpoints before concluding that the referendum concern is legal and will appear on the November tally "unless otherwise purchased by a court of qualified jurisdiction."Those behind the...