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Nebraska Legislature Winding Down

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Nebraska legislators are entering the home stretch, but have yet to act on LB 36, which would make lethal injection the method of execution.  The legislation has been given priority status.  LB 306, which would repeal the state's death penalty, does not."Lawmakers may wrap up work early," is Paul Hammel's report in the Omaha World-Herald.Departed State Sen. Ernie Chambers might have left a gift behind for fellow state senators this year: a shorter session. Talk is swirling in the State Capitol that the Nebraska Legislature might wrap up its business early and adjourn the 2009 session three days sooner than anticipated. That would mean sine die Friday, May 29, instead of the scheduled end of the 90-day session Thursday, June 4...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 13, 2009 (boomark / email).