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Top 10: Overlooked in Nebraska Election 2014

Originally published November 4, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 13, 2015. 4 Comments

Top 10: Overlooked in Nebraska Election 2014

Did you know that nearly 1.3 million was spent advocating FOR the minimum wage increase? Who provided those funds? Did you know Nebraska has a lot of government entities that don’t exist anywhere else in the U.S.? These are just a few examples of what two major election season research projects indicated were important issues receiving little attention this and other election years.  Read full articleTop 10: Overlooked in Nebraska Election 2014

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Elections, Featured, Nebraska Tagged With: 2014 election, budget, Education, government spending, health care law, immigration, issues, legislature, nebraska, obamacare, Policies, state senators, top 10

Nebraska Election 2014: Candidate Profiles

Originally published October 26, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Nebraska Election 2014: Candidate Profiles

Be sure to read the text below the list for important notes about these profiles. Simply click anywhere within the gray area to toggle the candidate lists open and shut. If you’d like to see (view / download / print) a sample Lancaster County ballot, while reviewing these profiles, click HERE. General sample ballots, listing […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Featured Tagged With: 2014 election, attorney general, candidates, challengers, congress, congressmen, democrats, Elections, governor, incumbents, independents, legislature, nebraska, republicans, secretary of state, state, state auditor, state senators, statewide ballot, u.s. senate, Unicameral, voting records

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

Originally published May 4, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

I was sitting at my kitchen table today sorting through the week’s mail, the lion’s share of which was campaign mailers from political candidates.  That’s not surprising, since the primary election is May 13th.  What was a surprising coincidence was, at that very moment, one of the candidates for the state legislature in my district […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Character, Civil Society, Elections, Featured, Founding Principles, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Unicameral Tagged With: character and electibility, character counts, character matters, edmund burke, electability, electable, founding principles, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, healthcare, ne, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, politics, public opinion, role of a state senator, role of an elected official, role of an elected representative, state senators, Unicameral, what makes a candidate electable

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

Originally published September 12, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

On August 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled that the State of Oklahoma has standing to proceed with a lawsuit challenging an Internal Revenue Service rule issued in May 2012 regarding premium subsidies in the form of tax credits and penalties delivered through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange provisions. Oklahoma’s Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Health Care, Legal Limit, State Sovereignty Tagged With: aca, attorney general, attorneys general, congress, defund, governor, governors, health care law, insurance exchanges, irs, jon bruning, jonathan adler, lawsuit, legislators, litigation, michael cannon, nfib v sebelius, obamacare, oklahoma, ppaca, state senators

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

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Originally published February 15, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Author’s Note: This is the seventh 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 – see the […]

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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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Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

Originally published January 31, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

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People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Originally published January 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated February 25, 2018. Leave a Comment

People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list. * * * * * * * * * * You’re probably familiar with the old adage “a fool and his money are soon parted.” Paul McCartney put a twist on this proverb in his lyrics for the song […]

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Let’s See What Condition Our Condition Is In

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

Let’s See What Condition Our Condition Is In

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list.  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * How did Nebraska’s Medicaid program morph into one that’s rated second only to the one operated by the State of Massachusetts in terms of the most benefits offered while, […]

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