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Pillen Announces Initial Transition Staff

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 11/14/2022 - 3:00am

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen announced that former state Assistant Attorney General Dave Lopez will serve as the director of his transition team, Pillen Campaign Manager Kenny Zoeller as the transition policy director, Pillen Deputy Campaign Manager John Gage as the transition communications advisor, and Ann Jablonski as his transition scheduler.

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Democrats Punch Above Their Weight; On Cusp Of Holding Legislative Firewall

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 11/14/2022 - 1:00am

Nebraska Democrats are poised to hold their 17-seat “firewall” in the Legislature – with voters on the cusp of assuring enough Democrats in the statehouse to fend off more challenges to abortion rights and other radical Republican initiatives.

Democrat candidates – despite more than $3.5 million in spending just by Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts alone – punched above their weight in several races.

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Voter ID Passes In Nebraska As States Settle Ballot Items

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 11/14/2022 - 12:00am

Residents of Nebraska approved a new photo identification requirement for future elections as voters in several states decided measures that could affect the way ballots are cast in the next presidential election.

The voting-related measures were among more than 130 state proposals appearing on ballots, addressing contentious issues such as abortion, taxes, drug policy and labor laws.

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Many Nebraska Citizens Face Barriers To Voting

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 4:00am

The results of the local, state, and national elections on Tuesday, November 8 will have consequences for every United States resident. Whether it’s property taxes, school funding, abortion, book banning in schools and libraries, access to healthcare, labor laws, or Social Security sustainability, the bills that elected officials write, vote for, and the advisors and officials they appoint will make decisions that touch every person.

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Q-And-A In Nebraska Governor’s Race: Pillen, Blood Discuss Affordable Housing, Mental Health Care

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 11/07/2022 - 5:00am

OMAHA — Affordable housing and mental health care are the key topics in the last of three installments from interviews the Nebraska Examiner held with the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor.

The candidates — University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen, the Republican, and State Sen. Carol Blood, the Democrat — also discussed how their administrations would reflect the state.

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The 19th Explains: How Two Supreme Court Cases Could End Affirmative Action In Colleges

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 12:00am

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that could end the practice of affirmative action in higher education admissions, which facilitates wider diversity among students.

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Nebraska State Senator Returns To Ukraine To Deliver Bibles, Stove, Food — And Message Of Support

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — State Sen. Tom Brewer, a decorated military veteran, is back in Ukraine, this time delivering solar Bibles and portable cookstoves to soldiers at the front, while narrowly escaping a missile strike.

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Q-And-A In Nebraska’s Governor’s Race: Blood, Pillen Talk Labor Shortage, Immigration

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 5:00am

BELLEVUE, Nebraska — No issue other than property taxes has dominated discussion in Nebraska’s governor’s race more this year than how to help local businesses recruit and retain more workers.

Except perhaps for immigration.

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Large Number Of Contested Races Spice 2022 Elections For Nebraska Legislature

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska is seeing a larger-than-normal number of hotly contested campaigns for the State Legislature this fall, with multiple candidates raising more than $100,000 in donations.

The races could have major consequences for issues like abortion and concealed carry of firearms that have been blocked in the past by filibusters by as few as 17 of the 49 senators in the Unicameral Legislature.

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Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan On Temporary Hold After Appeals Court Ruling

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 2:00am

A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt.
(Seth Wenig / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from carrying out its student loan forgiveness plan, until the court makes a determination on a request for an injunction brought by six Republican-led states, according to multiple media reports.