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Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Originally published August 23, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Education, Featured, Morality, State Legislation Tagged With: 2000, 2012, 2013, benefits, board of regents, bob phares, bob whitehouse, chuck hassebrook, civil unions, colleges, constitutional amendment, danielle conrad, domestic partner benefits, government employees, homosexuality, howard hawks, jeremy nordquist, jim mcclurg, kent schroeder, lincoln fairness ordinance, marriage, nebraska, petition referendum, sara howard, state senators, tim clare, universities, university of nebraska, unmarried cohabitation

Extend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

Originally published October 19, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Extend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

In 2000, Nebraska voters approved Initiative No. 415 by a vote of 50.2% FOR, to 39.7% AGAINST, which limited Nebraska Legislators to two consecutive four year terms in office. This year’s Proposed Amendment No. 3, would ease that voter imposed restriction and allow Nebraska’s State Senators to serve for three consecutive four year terms.  Read full articleExtend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

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What We Can Do To Stop Health Care: So Far It Is NOT Enough

Originally published October 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

What We Can Do To Stop Health Care: So Far It Is NOT Enough

Two-thirds of Nebraskans don’t want the health care law implemented. Of that number it’s impossible to know how many realize that there is more than one way to fight its implementation. Considering the potential damage the fully implemented law would cause to the economy, quality of care, medical innovation, and individual liberty, it stands to […]

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