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Tax cut plan helps poor working parents most |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/20/2006
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The Legislatures proposed income tax cut package would give most middle income Nebraskans $20 or less in tax savings a year about enough extra money to buy the family a pizza and soda.
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Women's Commission awards luncheon March 10 |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/15/2006
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The Lincoln-Lancaster County Womenâs Commission is hosting an awards luncheon in recognition of the 30th anniversary of International Womenâs Day. Milo Mumgaard, executive director for the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Erasmus Correll Award);
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Council approves LES rate hike, increase in fees |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/6/2006
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Despite pleas from human services agencies and others not to burden the poor with late charges and other fees, the Lincoln City Council on Monday passed a rate package to help the Lincoln Electric System pay for more than $9 million in unexpected power costs
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Cycle Of Poverty |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/5/2006
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People wonder if Nebraska welfare system is self-defeating
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Bill would reverse child care cuts |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/5/2006
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When Nebraska's tax receipts declined at the beginning of the decade, families that relied on state help to pay for child care took a hit. Now that tax revenue has turned around, State Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln is pushing a bill that would reverse the cuts in child care subsidies made through a budget veto in 2002. Other parents have turned down pay raises and promotions that would put them over the 120 percent mark, said Becky Gould of the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest.
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