Nebraska's paid sick leave petition drive raises more than $500,000

[Omaha Steve]

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By Martha Stoddard Aug 3, 2023 Updated 23 min ago

LINCOLN — A petition drive to ensure paid sick leave for Nebraska workers got a fast start out of the fund-raising gate.

In its first campaign finance report, Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans reported bringing in more than $509,000 in donations between late June and late July.

The Sixteen Thirty Fund, based in Washington, D.C., provided $475,000 of the total. The national organization supports efforts across the country to promote “economic equity, affordable health care, climate solutions, racial justice, voter access and other essential social-change goals.”

Meanwhile, a petition seeking to repeal a law providing tax credits for people donating to private school scholarships and a group opposing the repeal both added to their fund-raising totals in July.

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[Magoo48]

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