LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature gets a “low” score for progress so far this year on improving affordable housing options, State Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha said Wednesday during an annual housing justice and lobbying event that drew about 100 advocates to the Unicameral.

“We are not keeping up,” Vargas said, adding that Iowa spends twice as much as Nebraska on affordable housing.

Once Omaha’s leading initiator of evictions, the city’s public housing authority has all but stopped filing cases to remove tenants from their homes.

A measure that would allow certain eviction proceeding records to be sealed failed to advance from general file March 7 after an unsuccessful motion to end debate on the bill.

As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists view it as the tool with the greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. In the U.S., the Department of Energy predicts that solar will account for nearly 60% of all new utility-scale electricity-generating capacity installed in 2024.