LINCOLN — Another last-minute attempt by State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln to force a vote this session on a legislative proposal to slow Nebraska’s voter-approved minimum wage increases failed Thursday to join an unrelated bill.

This time, she tried attaching the amendment to Legislative Bill 265, by State Sen. Tony Sorrentino of the Elkhorn area, a budget bill with business overtones that dealt with unemployment insurance tax rates and the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund. Opponents trying to stop the effort by Raybould, a Democrat in the officially nonpartisan Legislature, filed motions to filibuster the amendment and keep it from being considered — a tactic her fellow Democrats used to successfully block it from becoming part of a bill Wednesday weakening Nebraska’s paid sick leave protections, LB 415, which is heading to the governor’s desk.

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