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Secretary Of State Robert Evnen Announces National Voter Registration Day

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 1:00am

LINCOLN- Secretary of State Robert Evnen is pleased to recognize voter registration day, Tuesday, September 20th, 2022. Voter registration day was founded by the National Association of Secretaries of State.

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Tentative Labor Deal Averts Threat Of Nationwide Rail Strike

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement Thursday to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.

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Gov. Ricketts Appoints Sarah Moore To The Separate Juvenile Court Of Sarpy County

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Sarah M. Moore of Omaha to the Separate Juvenile Court in Sarpy County.

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17 State Senators Pledge To End Secret Ballot For Legislative Committees, Herbster PAC Says

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 5:00am

OMAHA — Seventeen of Nebraska’s state senators have signed the first pledge pushed by Charles Herbster’s new political action committee: to scrap the Legislature’s unique system of electing committee chairs by secret ballot.

Republicans have sought that change for the nonpartisan body.

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Justice Kagan Cautions Supreme Court Can Forfeit Legitimacy

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 4:00am

(Erin Schaff / The New York Times via AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Monday cautioned that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to.

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Pressure Mounts On US Railroads And Unions To Reach A Deal

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 3:00am

Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute. They face a looming strike deadline on Friday, Sept. 16. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute before Friday's looming strike deadline.

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How To Fix America’s Confusing Voting System

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 2:00am

Faye Combs used to enter the voting booth with trepidation. Unable to read until she was in her 40s, she would struggle to decipher the words on the ballot, intimidated by how quickly the people around her finished and departed. “When the election was over, I didn’t even realize what I had voted for because it was just so much reading,” she said.

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Candidates, Mostly Republican, Skip Debates, Bar Press During Midterm Campaigns

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON — With two months left of the 2022 campaign season, a majority of Republican candidates are continuing to skirt away from not only talking to local and national media outlets about their policy issues, but their own constituents, leaving voters with little information on their policy positions.

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Secretary Of State Bob Evnen Announces September As National Voter Registration Month

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – Secretary Evnen joins members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) in encouraging Nebraska citizens to celebrate National Voter Registration Month by registering to vote.

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Former Republican Wright Could Join Nebraska Governor’s Race As Nonpartisan

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 3:00am

OMAHA — Nebraska voters looking beyond the two major political parties and a Libertarian could have a fourth choice on November’s general election ballot for governor.

Long-odds candidate David Wright of Ewing is trying to get on — as a nonpartisan candidate.