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NE Amendment 4: Should State Senator Salaries Be Increased?

Originally published October 17, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

NE Amendment 4: Should State Senator Salaries Be Increased?

In addition to federal, county, and local candidates, potential bond and other local issues about which Nebraska voters must decide on November 6, all voters will find four proposed amendments to the Nebraska Constitution as well. To read the full text of all four proposed amendments released by the Nebraska Secretary of State, click here. […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Constitution, Events, Featured, Grassroots in Nebraska, Meetings, Nebraska, RSVP for Events, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: amendments to nebraska constitution, ballot questions, ballot questions nebraska, elected officials, election 2012, Grassroots in Nebraska, history of nebraska senator salary increases, lr373ca, mo money mo problems, nebraska, nebraska constitution, nebraska secretary of state, nebraska senators pay raises, nebraska senators salary increase, nebraska state senators, nebraska voters, pay for nebraska senators, pay increases for state senators, proposed amendments, state constitutional amendments, state governmen, state governments, tea party voters guide nebraska, Unicameral, voter guide, voter's guide, why nebraska senators want a raise

Nullification: Are States Sitting Ducks or Willing Accomplices?

Originally published March 24, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 3 Comments

Nullification: Are States Sitting Ducks or Willing Accomplices?

This article is part of an ongoing series about the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional, and therefore, refuse to implement it. See the bottom of this article for a complete list of series’ articles. This article explores the second reason why I […]

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GiN Response to Presidential Popular Vote Advocate

Originally published January 23, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated September 20, 2014. 6 Comments

GiN Response to Presidential Popular Vote Advocate

Update on October 19, 2012: This article has been generating a lot of interest in the past few weeks, obviously due to Election 2012. Interest in the Electoral College and the concept of the National Popular Vote are particularly understandable this year, considering that many of the most credible polling experts, including Scott Rasmussen of […]

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NE Budget: Senators Hope Feds Will Bail Us Out

Originally published August 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 22, 2011. Leave a Comment

By Shelli Dawdy This article is the second in a continuing series about Nebraska spending and budgeting. Click the title below to read the first: Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets or Partners? In late June, members of Grassroots in Nebraska attended an Ad Hoc Committee meeting at the State Capitol, in part to […]

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