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Not Really Adjourned: NE Legislature, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare

"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." ~ Gideon J. Tucker,… [more]

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How to Vote on City of Lincoln Charter Amendments on May 7 Ballot?

The Tuesday, May 7, City of Lincoln General Election ballot has two proposed amendments to the . Understandably,… [more]

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NE Dems’ Attack on Business, Whitehead OUT OF GAS

"It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth." ~ Virginia Woolf, "Thoughts… [more]

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Leirion Gaylor Baird’s Tax-Raising Petition Story Tough to Swallow

On April 15, 2013, Nebraska Watchdog published "Lincoln council candidate mistakenly signed petition… [more]

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What Are We Voting On in the May 7 Lincoln General Election?

For those voters seeking to be better informed for the Tuesday, May 7, 2013, City of Lincoln General… [more]

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Official Sample Ballot City of Lincoln General Election May 7, 2013

By popular demand, here is the official Sample Ballot for the City of Lincoln General Election on May… [more]

Official Sample Ballot City of Lincoln General Election May 7, 2013 Official Sample Ballot City of Lincoln General Election May 7, 2013

Google’s Earth (Day) Missing Something

So...yesterday was Earth Day. Typically I grit my teeth and do my best to ignore the whole thing. Why… [more]

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Nebraska

Not Really Adjourned: NE Legislature, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare

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“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” ~ Gideon J. Tucker, 1866 Wednesday, June 5, was the final day of the 103rd Unicameral, 1st Session. I wish I could say:[...] Read more »

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

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District 10 GOP Senator Bob Krist withdrew as co-introducer of the bill aimed at an extensive expansion of Nebraska's largest welfare program. So, now what?[...] Read more »

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

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Just how much of the health care law will be implemented in Nebraska now depends in large measure on what the events in the Unicameral Tuesday and Wednesday actually mean. State Legislators spent the majority of their ti[...] Read more »

LB512 and Common Core — A Potential Threat to Local Control of Schools

46 States Adopted Standards

Just a quick post today to call your attention to a bill in the Unicameral that’s not attracting much attention, but should.  WHEN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING CONCERNING THIS BILL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, NO O[...] Read more »

It’s Funny? Even If Medicaid Expansion Saved Money, Citizens Wouldn’t See a Penny

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Politicians, government bureaucrats, and the growing class of largely nonprofit corporate types who live off revenues siphoned from government entitlement spending make many a bizarre argument and manage to do it with a [...] Read more »

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Federal

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

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Nebraskans, your action is NECESSARY. Please see the bottom of the article for: FLYER to download, r[...] Read more »

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

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For those of you who dread the Kalends of March, repeat after me:  The world will not end if the fe[...] Read more »

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

. . . Like money falling out of the blue, don't be fooled!

Author’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid pro[...] Read more »

Principles

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

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I am in receipt of your recent Chairman's Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor fr[...] Read more »

Dr. Benjamin Carson — Speaking Truth to Power

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The phrase “speaking truth to power” is actually of Quaker origin from the fairly recent past — 1955 to be exact.  It was the title of a pamphlet publi[...] Read more »

Tidbits of Truth

"Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody."

~ Calvin Coolidge, Fourth Annual Message, December 7, 1926

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Follow the Money

NE Teachers Union Funded Term Limit Extension Ads

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Radio ads advocating for the extension of the current limit on Nebraska State SenatorsR[...] Read more »

Local: Lincoln & More

How to Vote on City of Lincoln Charter Amendments on May 7 Ballot?

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The Tuesday, May 7, City of Lincoln General Election ballot has two proposed amendments to the City's Charter. Understandably, voters are looking for additional information about those amend[...] Read more »

NE Dems’ Attack on Business, Whitehead OUT OF GAS

KLKN story: Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Vince Powers Attacks Lincoln City Council Candidate Mark Whitehead for "Gas Gouging", Whitehead responds

While it seems like fundamentally bad P.R. for a City's controlling political party majority to turn on a siren that blares, "WE HATE BUSINESS", desperate political times apparently call fo[...] Read more »

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History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

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This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much [...] Read more »

Why Process Matters

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A great deal has been said in the Lincoln Journal Star and elsewhere about the "fairness" ordinance passed by the Lincoln City Council. It is a great mistake to say that the process by which the Council amended the ordinance does not matter. It matters a great deal. Read more »

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