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2020 Marathon Weekend

May 02, 8:00 AM – May 03, 12:00 PM

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 68508, USA

Saturday - Learn2Tape with Drew Freedman and Rick Garbowski Sunday - Team up with Lincoln Track Club to provide sports massage to runners.

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Sports Massage for the High-Level Athlete: Event, Clinical and Ethical Considerations

May 30, 9:00 PM – May 31, 5:00 PM

8702 N 30th St, 8702 N 30th St, Omaha, NE 68112, USA

Omaha is once again the site for the U.S Olympic Team Swim Trials this summer and we are excited to be a part of this awesome event! We have teamed up with Universal College of Healing Arts (UCHA) to help bring excellence for the athletes in June. UCHA and AMTA-NE will hold an education workshop

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Cadaver Workshop

Jul 17, 7:00 AM – Jul 18, 5:00 PM

University of Nebraska Kearney, 2504 9th Ave, Kearney, NE 68849, USA

Satera Nelson, MS We are currently working with UNK on developing some new course offerings. We will have this new information ready for you in our 2020 printed newsletter.

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POSTPONED: 2020 State Convention

Time is TBD

Holiday Inn Lincoln Southwest, 2500 Tamarin Ridge Rd, Lincoln, NE 68512, USA

We will update once we have all the details. Please stay tuned

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Feb 22
1 min

The Connecting Stroke: Spring 2020 Newsletter

FRONT COVER: AMTA-Nebraska Chapter wins National Innovation Award

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Jan 17
2 min

ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: DEREGULATION OF REFLEXOLOGY

LB347 has been slated for debate on the floor as early as Tuesday January 21, 2020. This is our last chance to keep the bill from becoming law. We need your ...

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Oct 9, 2019
3 min

Proposed Changes to Massage Therapy Regulations

October 15, 2019 State Office Building 301 Centennial Mall South Lower Level Conference Room B Below is a message about the proposed changes to Massage Thera...

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Sep 5, 2019
1 min

License Renewal

There have been questions about when you can renew your license. You can renew at anytime now - EVEN if you don't have your hours completed yet. According to...

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Aug 24, 2019
2 min

Government Relations Updates

Even though it is the "off season" we are moving and shaking on the GR front. We are anxiously awaiting a public hearing date announcement for the proposed c...

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May 17, 2019
1 min

Legislative Updates - Great News!

Legislative season is winding down and I wanted to update you on where we stand. First off, legislation runs in two year cycles - long and short sessions. Lo...

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Apr 18, 2019
2 min

Some positive news - and we need you!

We are excited to announce LB244 has moved forward to general file. Next step - get it on the consent calendar. What do we ask of you? It is super simple, ye...

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Apr 15, 2019
1 min

LB347 Action Needed Immediately!

Reflexology bill LB 347 moved to General File. We need your participation to prevent it from being added to the consent calendar. In our survey of members th...

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Mar 21, 2019
1 min

Call to Action - SUPPORT LB244!

Holy Cow! It feels good to say that! Mobile Massage Establishment - LB244 Hearing March 27, 1:30pm Room 1510 Finally - we are PROPONENT of a bill - woot woot...

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Mar 14, 2019
2 min

Hearing for LB 347 - Deregulate Reflexology

You have all done a wonderful job communicating with our senators, it is making a big difference. We are in contact with Revenue committee on changing termin...

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Mar 2, 2019
1 min

A Long Day - 507/508 hearings

Friday was a long day in Lincoln. Hearings for LB507 and 508 (taxing massage a a personal service unless prescribed by a doctor) were last on the schedule. T...

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Feb 28, 2019
2 min

I'm highly concerned about 507/508

Tomorrow is the hearing for 507/508 - taxation of massage therapy except when prescribed by a healthcare professional. More info on the hearing can be found ...

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Feb 23, 2019
1 min

Call to Action! Call the Revenue Committee

Advocacy in Action Your Voice Matters! Let's make some noise this weekend. The weather outside is frightful, but our membership is delightful. TEAMWORK: A few...

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Feb 20, 2019
2 min

LB507 LB508 Hearings: Taxation of Massage Therapy

Friday March1 1:30pm-?? Rm 1525 Hearing date has been set for the last two taxation bills. These bills are slightly different because the do have an exemptio...

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Feb 15, 2019
2 min

First Hearing Day Done

What a crazy, super long day! Thanks to EVERYONE who came out to the hearings, sent letters and made phone calls! If you followed our Facebook feed you have ...

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Feb 5, 2019
1 min

Hearing Dates for LB314 and LB497: taxation of massage therapy as a personal service.

ADVOCACY IN ACTION - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ***UPDATE*** (2/9/19) the start time of the hearings has been moved up to 12:30pm still on Thursday 2/14/19*** Hea...

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Feb 3, 2019
2 min

New Things Possibly in Store with Massage Therapy Regulation Revisions

You may or may not know, in 2017 Gov. Ricketts ordered a stop to all work on all rules and regulations. Instead, Boards were to begin revisions to eliminate ...

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Jan 28, 2019
1 min

LB244 - Provide Mobile Massage Establishment Licensure

We are excited about the possibilities of LB244-Mobile Massage Establishment License. It appears much thought went into the writing of this bill and many of ...

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Jan 28, 2019
1 min

LB347 - Exempt Reflexology from licensure and remove from Massage Therapy Practice Act

LB347 - Exempt Reflexology from Licensure under Massage Therapy Practice Act We are working on a call to action and talking points for this bill. Zero of the...

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Jan 25, 2019
1 min

LB 314, LB 497, LB507, LB 508 Taxing Massage Therapy as a Personal Service

It's time! We still haven't finished going through all the bills, but it is time to start contacting the Revenue Committee. LB314, LB 497, LB507 and LB508 wa...

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