Days after Nebraska tourism officers introduced they have been eliminating a controversial state slogan, lawmakers superior a invoice that will change the construction of the state tourism board.
The invoice (LB624) superior Thursday on a 36-0 vote, the primary of three rounds of debate. It might give the Division of Financial Growth director a seat on the Nebraska Tourism Fee.
The invoice, launched by Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha, would shift the fee from its present 11 members to 13 members, together with the DED director, a gubernatorial appointee and a consultant of a state chamber of commerce.
McDonnell mentioned he supplied the invoice as a result of he was displeased with the tourism slogan the fee chosen 5 years in the past: “Nebraska. Actually, it is not for everybody.” Earlier this week, fee govt director John Ricks instructed lawmakers that the slogan was going to be dropped.
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Whereas the slogan goes to alter, McDonnell mentioned it is vital to enhance communication between two businesses that deal with comparable points.
Nobody voted in opposition to LB624 Thursday, however Sen. Justin Wayne of Omaha mentioned he deliberate to filibuster the invoice throughout its second spherical of debate. He additionally mentioned he would introduce a number of amendments to handle points of the invoice he disagreed with, and mentioned the tourism fee must symbolize extra areas and views in Nebraska.
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Kayla Newnam works on her Nebraska-inspired mural on the Hub Cafe, on Tuesday in Lincoln. Three years into her nationwide murals undertaking, “Out There Murals,” Newnam is properly on her approach to her aim of portray a mural in each state. Newnam, primarily based out of Phoenix, Arizona, began the undertaking through the pandemic and has been crisscrossing the U.S. “It has been three years, two vehicles, two trailers and three canine, and now I am on mural 18,” Newnam mentioned. Lincolnites are invited to return and meet Newnam on Wednesday on the Hub Cafe as she works on the newest mural between 5-9 p.m.
College students are silhouetted by the solar glare coming from a window as they work in impartial classrooms at Kiewit Corridor on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Corridor, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million constructing on the UNL campus, is the educational hub for engineering training. It connects 5 engineering services and is house to the development administration program. It presents a mixture of multi-purpose school rooms, tutorial labs, engineering pupil companies, maker areas for pupil organizations and a big outside plaza. It opened to college students on Jan. 22, 2024.
College of Nebraska-Lincoln turfgrass science and administration freshman Josh Hong cheers as he’s proven on the video board through the Ohio State sport on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Columbus’ Colin Jaster bowls through the HAC Bowling Championships on Wednesday at Solar Valley Lanes.
Second grade pupil Ethan Sedivy, 8, holds up a globe in entrance of a wall mural of 174 varied world flags, of which he drew 167 of, as it’s displayed in a classroom at Morley Elementary Faculty, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Ethan’s ardour for geography has sparked new friendships all through the varsity, particularly with immigrant college students. He’s at the moment engaged on a Geography Bee for Morley’s fifth graders. He has plans to proceed his undertaking, even including some posters so as to add info and populations of the assorted nations he has discovered about.
Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga (30) celebrates after making a 3-pointer within the closing seconds of the Huskers’ win over Northwestern on Saturday at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Performers participate within the Lion Dance throughout a Karen New 12 months celebration Sunday at Lincoln Excessive Faculty. The Karen Society of Nebraska placed on the occasion, which celebrates the tradition of the Karen, an ethnic group from Myanmar and Thailand. The celebration featured a vogue present, conventional dance performances, music and meals.
Nebraska’s Jamarques Lawrence (10) high-fives alumni as he takes to the court docket earlier than the match in opposition to Northwestern at Pinnacle Financial institution Area, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in Lincoln.
A corncob signal hangs on the plexiglass for the Cornhusker Bonspiel event on Saturday. Ten curling groups from throughout the nation competed within the event.
A buyer locations a sports activities wager on a kiosk at WarHorse On line casino on Friday. The state’s 4 racetrack casinos introduced in simply over $89 million in income from slot machines, desk video games and sports activities betting in 2023.
Bundled up college students enter Sheridan Elementary Faculty earlier than the beginning of the varsity day on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Lincoln.
Gov. Jim Pillen speaks through the annual State of the State tackle on the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
Lincoln East’s Grant Schwerdtfeger (prime) wrestles Millard South’s Austin Summers within the 190-pound match on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lincoln.
Lincoln Northeast’s head coach Matt VanEngen writes “How Unhealthy Do We Need It ?!?” on his dry erase board throughout a timeout within the last two minutes of the second half at Lincoln Northeast Excessive Faculty, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.
Black Hills Vitality employees use equipment to dig into the bottom in entrance of the rubble of a house that exploded early Tuesday morning close to North 53rd and Gladstone streets. A neighboring home additionally sustained fireplace injury.
John and Ashley McClinton take a look at their son Buddy at their house in Lincoln on Monday. Weighing 14.1 ounces at start, he’s the smallest child born at Methodist Ladies’s Hospital in Omaha to outlive and be discharged with minimal help.
Snow topped residences are seen by way of a 3rd flooring window stairwell on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Lincoln.
A person sporting a leopard print blanket braves bitter chilly gusts of snow and wind as he walks down South seventeenth Road, on Friday.
Nebraska’s Alexis Markowski (40) makes an attempt a shot in opposition to Illinois within the first half Thursday at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga (30) reacts after scoring a 3-pointer in opposition to Purdue within the second half on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Nebraska’s Juwan Gary (4) celebrates with followers after the Huskers defeated No. 1 Purdue on Tuesday at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Nebraska Wesleyan college students Lucas Steuter (from left), Riley Cleaver, Jacob Wertz, and Zane Rosenberg attempt to maintain collectively as they fly down a hill on their sleds at Holmes Lake on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
Ryan Gardner (left), manufacturing stage supervisor for “Les Miserables,” works to regulate lighting on stage on the Lied Middle for Performing Arts on Tuesday.
Visitors is seen shifting down Okay Road within the snow on Monday.
Nebraska’s Jaz Shelley (entrance) competes for the ball with Indiana’s Sara Scalia within the first quarter on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
Nebraska’s Peyton Robb appears to be like to pin Wyoming’s Cooper Voorhees within the 157lb match on the Devaney Sports activities Middle, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.
Wyoming’s Mason Ding is taken to the ground after a leg sweep by Nebraska’s Nash Hutmacher within the Heavyweight match on the Devaney Sports activities Middle, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.
Mike Alessi (middle) jumps through the Basic Tire Arenacross Nationals occasion on Friday at Sandhills World Occasion Middle. The present will probably be again once more tonight on the Occasion Middle on the TractorHouse Pavilion. The doorways open at 5:30 p.m. and present begins at 7 p.m. The monitor was constructed utilizing 150 dump truckloads of filth.
Chloe Wolff exhibits off a few of the bracelets Friday that she made to lift cash for native nonprofits.
Lincoln East’s Landon Moser slams Kearney’s Taj Wilson to the mat through the 165lb match, throughout a twin held at Lincoln East Excessive Faculty, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024.
A pink panda eats bamboo leaves that got here in a wrapped current on the Lincoln Kids’s Zoo on Thursday. As a part of an enrichment day, zookeepers shared holiday-themed treats — a lettuce Christmas tree for the tortoises and Christmas “cookies” for the giraffes — to assist stimulate the animals’ pure behaviors.
Nebraska’s C.J. Wilcher (0) celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer within the first half at Pinnacle Financial institution Area on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.
Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha (left) speaks to Sen. Teresa Ibach of Sumner through the first day of the Legislature on Wednesday.
Lincoln East’s Avari Wischhof swims the ladies 100-yard freestyle throughout a twin in opposition to Omaha Marian on Tuesday at Lincoln East. Wischof gained this occasion and helped the Spartans set a pool report within the 400 relay.
Omaha Marian’s Willow Petri spins by way of the air as she completes a dive within the Women 1 meter diving occasion, throughout a Swim twin held at Lincoln East Excessive Faculty, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Lincoln.
Maryland’s Allie Kubek (14) reacts after being known as for a foul in opposition to Nebraska’s Alexis Markowski (not pictured) within the second half at Pinnacle Financial institution Area, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
A pair of walkers stroll atop the dam at Holmes Lake at sundown on Saturday. Climate in Lincoln this January is predicted to be frigid. Single-digit temperatures are anticipated at the very least for the primary week.
A pig is seen on the desk of Gov. Jim Pillen, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in Lincoln.
