A BILL TO LEGALIZE AND TIGHTLY REGULATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEBRASKA IS DEAD FOR THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
STATE SENATORS FELL TWO VOTES SHORT OF ENDING A FILIBUSTER ON THE MEASURE WEDNESDAY WHICH MEANS THE BILL WILL NOT ADVANCE THIS YEAR.
SENATOR MIKE FLOOD OF NORFOLK SAYS NEBRASKA IS BEING LEFT BEHIND:
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SENATOR SUZANNE GEIST OF LINCOLN OPPOSED THE IDEA, SAYING BIG MONEY IS PUSHING THE ISSUE:
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SUPPORTERS OF THE MEASURE SAY THEY WILL SPEND THIS SUMMER COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO GET A MEDICAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 2022.
Jerry Oster WNAX contributed to this story
