Nebraska
Property tax relief bill killed on final day of Nebraska's legislative session
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A proposed property tax relief bill in Nebraska died Thursday on the final day of this year’s legislative session.
Lawmakers debated Legislative Bill 388, introduced by State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, for about two hours.
Before a vote to end the debate, Linehan requested to pass over LB 388, killing the proposal.
But Linehan said she’s open to returning for a special session, which would need to be called by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“I hope we have a lot of conversations between now and then about all your perfect answers to this problem,” she said.
The bill aimed to reduce property taxes by 22% by increasing taxes on other items, like cigarettes, and removing tax exemptions from pop, candy and lottery tickets.
The proposal also put a 7.5% tax on digital ads, which would only apply to companies with a combined gross advertising revenue of at least $1 billion.
State Sen. Julie Slama said there’s more work to be done to give Nebraskans property tax relief.
“Come back this summer with the attitude that we can do something transformational with our tax code, believe that we can do more than this for the taxpayers of Nebraska,” she said.
It’s unknown if or when Pillen will call a special session to discuss property tax relief.
Nebraska
$200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 prize remains unclaimed; winning ticket to expire soon
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A $200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 prize from December 2023 is expiring soon.
The Nebraska Lottery said for the December 3, 2023, drawing, a $200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 winning ticket was sold at the Kwik Shop located at 1403 Harlan St., in Falls City. The ticket matched all five winning numbers (03, 10, 11, 17, 28) for the jackpot prize.
However, winning Nebraska Lottery Lotto tickets expire 180 days after the drawing. In this case, the $200,000 Pick 5 prize will expire Friday, May 31.
Prizes of $20,000 or more must be claimed at Nebraska Lottery Headquarters, 137 NW 17th St., in Lincoln.
The odds of winning the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot, which starts at $50,000 and grows by $10,000 each drawing that is not won, are 1 in 658,008 while the overall odds of winning a prize in the game, which has drawings seven nights a week, are 1 in 9.2.
Visit the Nebraska Lottery website, nelottery.com, for more information on claiming prizes.
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Nebraska
Creighton sweeps season series over Nebraska
An early deficit doomed Nebraska baseball Tuesday night in Omaha.
The Huskers dropped their third game to Creighton in the month of April, this one 9-5. The last time the Bluejays beat NU three times in a month was March of 1993.
Nebraska is now 27-15 and has lost five straight non-conference games. Creighton is 31-11.
The first inning doomed Big Red, as Creighton’s leadoff man Nolan Sailors hit a home run. That would be the only earned running allowed in the inning, though five more runs did score.
NU strung together nine hits on the day but left 10 on base. Josh Caron posted the only multi-hit day for the Huskers, going 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Nebraska returns home Wednesday to host Kansas State.
Nebraska
Early miscues doom Nebraska baseball team
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics) – A dropped flyball and a misplayed pop-up led to five unearned runs in the first inning, as the Huskers fell 9-5 at Creighton on Tuesday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
Nebraska (27-15) totaled five runs on nine hits with an error, while Creighton (31-11) tallied nine runs on 13 hits.
Josh Caron finished 2-for-4 with a double and RBI, while Cody Bradford and Rhett Stokes each launched solo home runs. Riley Silva and Joshua Overbeek both tallied hits, while Cole Evans drove in the other Husker run.
Ty Horn made his fourth start of the season, lasting just 0.2 innings and surrendering six runs, one earned, on six hits. Caleb Clark tossed three scoreless innings, retiring nine of 11 batters faced with a trio of strikeouts. Drew Christo hurled a shutout inning, while Jalen Worthley and Kyle Froehlich combined to allow three earned runs. Casey Daiss punched out both his batters faced.
Nebraska struck first after Silva sent a one-out double to left field and advanced to third on a groundout from Tyler Stone. In the cleanup spot, Caron drove in Silva on a two-bagger to centerfield to put the Huskers up 1-0 and give the backstop his 45th RBI of the season.
The Bluejays answered with six runs in the bottom of the first inning, beginning with a solo home run from Nolan Sailors. Following a fielding error in left, Creighton rattled off five straight hits, including a double and triple, to grab a 6-1 advantage.
After recording the final out in the first frame, Clark entered and tossed a scoreless second and third inning to keep Creighton off the board.
NU’s offense broke through with a pair of solo bombs in the fourth frame, as Bradford began with a long ball to centerfield, before Stokes followed his lead with a homer to left field, cutting the deficit to 6-3.
Olsen and Christo combined to blank Creighton across the fourth and fifth innings, but the Bluejays struck for a pair of runs in the sixth frame off Worthley. A Sailors single set up a two-run blast from Ty Deters to extend the CU lead to 8-3.
In the seventh inning, Overbeek began the inning with a single and moved into scoring position after Silva’s groundout. The groundout paved the way for an RBI single from Stone to bring the Huskers within four.
Caron continued NU’s momentum on offense with a single to put runners on first and second base, before Evans’ single through the left side plated Stone and trimmed the lead to 8-5.
Creighton continued to respond, adding a run back in the seventh inning with a Matt Scherrman home run off Froehlich to push their advantage back to four runs.
NU got two runners on in the ninth inning, but was unable to capitalize as the Bluejays clinched a four-run victory over the Huskers.
Nebraska returns home for a midweek matchup against Kansas State tomorrow at 6:05 p.m. at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. Wednesday’s matchup can be seen on BTN+, while fans can listen to Dave Gustafson and Ben McLaughlin call the action on the Huskers Radio Network.
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