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Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Originally published April 18, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Just how much of the health care law will be implemented in Nebraska now depends in large measure1 The extent to which implementation of the health care law in the state will occur doesn’t rest solely upon the question of whether or not …continue on what the events in the Unicameral Tuesday and Wednesday actually […]

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Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Originally published February 9, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Author’s Note:  What follows is a reprint of an article published in the February 8, 2012, edition of the Lincoln Journal Star.  The only difference between what you will find in the Journal Star and what you see here is a small but substantial one.  As my article appears below, I have added links to […]

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Congratulations! She’s Having His Baby . . . and You’re Paying for It!

Originally published February 8, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Congratulations! She’s Having His Baby . . . and You’re Paying for It!

Author’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series, and see the […]

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Unicameral’s Bills, Bills, Bills Leave Nebraska in the Red and THIS Nebraskan Seeing Red

Originally published April 16, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unicameral’s Bills, Bills, Bills Leave Nebraska in the Red and THIS Nebraskan Seeing Red

“‘Next January … you are going to be begging and pleading and scratching and clawing for every dime,’ Omaha Sen. Burke Harr warned his colleagues during floor debate . . . ‘We don’t have the money.’” ~ “’Sadly, the . . . senators who supported these proposals have no plan for our financial future except […]

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Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]

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Rush / Fluke: Name Calling For Me, But Not For Thee

Originally published March 16, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Rush / Fluke: Name Calling For Me, But Not For Thee

Rush Limbaugh’s over-the-top name calling directed at Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke earlier this month has resulted in an over-the-top reaction which continues through this writing. What’s revealed by it all? It’s not about beating your opponent in a debate by making a solid, fact-based case – it’s just about beating down the people […]

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What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

Originally published February 28, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

I couldn’t miss the front page headline in today’s Lincoln Journal-Star: Kerrey rethinking run for Senate My first reaction was, with the amount of thought he’s apparently giving his decision, the more accurate headline would have been: Kerrey re-re-re-re-rethinking run for Senate Following hot on the heels of my first reaction was the impulse to […]

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The Few . . . The Placated . . . The Occupiers

Originally published December 16, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 7 Comments

The Few . . . The Placated . . . The Occupiers

Our December 10 article about democracy, “income inequality”, and political influences was, in part, motivated by a number of comments by Occupy Lincoln (OL) members on our site. We decided to address those comments in articles, because we believed they’d raised some issues worth writing about. Since we had already planned to point out problems […]

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City Attorney RE Occupy Lincoln – Double Standard, Double Talk

Originally published December 3, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

City Attorney RE Occupy Lincoln – Double Standard, Double Talk

Earlier this week, Julie Schmit-Albin, Linda and myself spoke with reporter Kay Kemmet from the Omaha World-Herald about the City’s handling of different groups and their use of public spaces, and specifically, of course, their handling of the Occupy Lincoln group. Her story was published on Friday; click the image to read it in full. […]

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Occupy Lincoln Tipi Smokes and City Ordinances Burn, Officials Fiddle

Originally published December 1, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 11 Comments

Occupy Lincoln Tipi Smokes and City Ordinances Burn, Officials Fiddle

Following the issuance of a press release, Linda and I, as representatives of GiN, were invited on Coby Mach’s Drive Time Lincoln radio show. That press release and our discussion echoed and expanded upon the concerns of Nebraska Right to Life about City of Lincoln officials’ treatment of the Occupy Lincoln group as compared to […]

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