Stories Related to Nebraska Legislature Committee Votes To Advance Bill That Would Ban Workplace Discrimination Against Lgbt Employees

By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau, Omaha World-Herald
Fri, 02/24/2017 - 4:15pm

The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 with one member abstaining to advance Legislative Bill 173 to the floor.

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