Six-week abortion ban w/ pregnancy assistance could be in Nebraska’s future
State Sen. Joni Albrecht of Thurston held a news conference in the Nebraska State Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 11 to detail a proposed ban on abortions that includes exceptions for the life of the mother, rape and incest. Twenty-eight of her colleagues joined her, including Sen. Mike Jacobson of North Platte. Albrecht’s Nebraska Heartbeat Act […]
Six-week abortion ban w/ pregnancy assistance could be in Nebraska’s future
State Sen. Joni Albrecht of Thurston held a news conference in the Nebraska State Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 11 to detail a proposed ban on abortions that includes exceptions for the life of the mother, rape and incest. Twenty-eight of her colleagues joined her, including Sen. Mike Jacobson of North Platte. Albrecht’s Nebraska Heartbeat Act […]
State senators call for investigation into Department of Education
Five state senators are formally calling for an investigation into the Nebraska Department of Education for allegedly using COVID-19 relief funds to promote critical race theory. At the Nebraska State Capitol on Monday, Oct. 17, Sens. Dave Murman of Glenvil, Steve Erdman of Bayard, Steve Halloran of Hastings, Robert Clements of Elmwood and Myron Dorn […]
State senators call for investigation into Department of Education
Five state senators are formally calling for an investigation into the Nebraska Department of Education for allegedly using COVID-19 relief funds to promote critical race theory. At the Nebraska State Capitol on Monday, Oct. 17, Sens. Dave Murman of Glenvil, Steve Erdman of Bayard, Steve Halloran of Hastings, Robert Clements of Elmwood and Myron Dorn […]
Sasse would resign from Senate for presidency of University of Florida
Sen. Ben Sasse plans to resign from the U.S. Senate later this year to become the president of the University of Florida, leaving Congress after he was first elected in 2014. The University of Florida announced on Thursday, Oct. 6 that Sasse is their finalist to replace outgoing President Kent Fuchs. Sasse will visit the […]
Sasse would resign from Senate for presidency of University of Florida
Sen. Ben Sasse plans to resign from the U.S. Senate later this year to become the president of the University of Florida, leaving Congress after he was first elected in 2014. The University of Florida announced on Thursday, Oct. 6 that Sasse is their finalist to replace outgoing President Kent Fuchs. Sasse will visit the […]
Nebraska politics: News briefs
David Wright of Ewing will not appear as a nonpartisan candidate for governor in November. Wright conducted a statewide petition drive but failed to meet two signature requirements. Wright ran on a platform of instituting the consumption tax, leading to the reconstruction of the state’s tax structure, lowering property taxes in the process. Secretary of […]
Nebraska politics: News briefs
David Wright of Ewing will not appear as a nonpartisan candidate for governor in November. Wright conducted a statewide petition drive but failed to meet two signature requirements. Wright ran on a platform of instituting the consumption tax, leading to the reconstruction of the state’s tax structure, lowering property taxes in the process. Secretary of […]
Kearney native who worked in White House, Capitol Hill: Democracy must be ‘zealously guarded’
While on a 4-H tour with an intern from Nebraska Rep. Virginia Smith’s office, young Deb Fiddelke of Kearney asked how the intern got there, eventually paving her own path to positions on Capitol Hill and the White House. Maneuvering her way through multiple jobs in different campaigns and offices for representatives and senators, in […]
Kearney native who worked in White House, Capitol Hill: Democracy must be ‘zealously guarded’
While on a 4-H tour with an intern from Nebraska Rep. Virginia Smith’s office, young Deb Fiddelke of Kearney asked how the intern got there, eventually paving her own path to positions on Capitol Hill and the White House. Maneuvering her way through multiple jobs in different campaigns and offices for representatives and senators, in […]
Chuck Hagel details perils to democracy, ability to self-correct
Had the second world war ended differently, democracy would have died, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska reminded readers recently in an interview with the Nebraska News Service. Hagel said people have since taken it for granted, with multiple new threats placing democracy in peril once again. However, Hagel […]
Chuck Hagel details perils to democracy, ability to self-correct
Had the second world war ended differently, democracy would have died, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska reminded readers recently in an interview with the Nebraska News Service. Hagel said people have since taken it for granted, with multiple new threats placing democracy in peril once again. However, Hagel […]