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Saturday (March 16) Conference for Concerned Citizens

Originally published March 15, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Saturday (March 16) Conference for Concerned Citizens

If you’re interested in important issues like… Discriminatory “Anti-Discrimination” legislation like the Lincoln and Omaha “Fairness” ordinances creating new classes of protected individuals including homosexuals, transgender, etc. Implementation of “ObamaCare” – the health care law Efforts to implement “green” policies (referred to as sustainable development by many, and also known as Agenda 21) Rights of […]

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Unicameral Finally Made Unlisted Tax Committee Legal After 30 Years

Originally published November 13, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unicameral Finally Made Unlisted Tax Committee Legal After 30 Years

In the week and a half before the election, we gave two presentations about Proposed Amendments No. 3 and 4 on the Nebraska ballot, which would have extended the term limits for Nebraska State Senators Nebraskans voted into the State Constitution in 2000 and would have increased their salaries from $12,000 to $22,500 per year. […]

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NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Originally published November 1, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Important update on Saturday, November 3: Check our Home page – the featured slider – for a new article about the funding source for an ad campaign supporting this issue. (A link will be added here once published.) District 38 State Senator Tom Carlson (Holdrege), was the sponsor of the legislative resolution which resulted in […]

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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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Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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Senator Campbell: DON’T GO AWAY MAD. JUST GO AWAY.

Originally published July 25, 2011, By Linda. Updated April 12, 2012. 2 Comments

Senator Campbell:  DON’T GO AWAY MAD.  JUST GO AWAY.

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Reduce Government Budgets: Contact Senators About Worker Wages and Benefits

Originally published January 28, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 28, 2011. 1 Comment

Reduce Government Budgets: Contact Senators About Worker Wages and Benefits

As we reported on Wednesday, there are a number of bills that have been introduced in the Legislature regarding the entity that is dominating the cost of employing government workers at the State, County, and local levels in Nebraska, the CIR (Commission of Industrial Relations). In that article, we detailed what the CIR is, how […]

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Nebraska Groups Working with the UN to Expand Welfare

Originally published December 13, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 12, 2012. Leave a Comment

Nebraska Groups Working with the UN to Expand Welfare

By Shelli Dawdy On December 9th, we published an article about the “Symposium on Maternal Child Health in Nebraska” convened by the National Association of Social Workers and United Nations Foundation in Omaha on September 30, 2010. As I reported, friends from Omaha arranged for a person to attend the event for the purpose of […]

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February Sovereignty Efforts Are A Start Thanks to People of Nebraska

Originally published March 29, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

February Sovereignty Efforts Are A Start Thanks to People of Nebraska

Posted by Shelli Dawdy A long overdue follow-up report on efforts to see Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution, L.R. 292 successfully voted out of committee. If you would like background and additional information on the Sovereignty Resolution, click HERE and / or HERE. I would like to thank everyone who helped with the efforts put forth to […]

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