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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.

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Q-And-A In Nebraska Governor’s Race: Pillen, Blood Talk About Education, Property Taxes

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 5:00am

Nebraska’s two major party gubernatorial candidates are shown, State Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue, left, a Democrat, and University of Nebraska Regent, Jim Pillen, a Republican.
(Blood photo Courtesy of the Unicameral Information Service; Pillen photo by Gwyneth Roberts / Lincoln Journal Star via AP Photo)

COLUMBUS, Nebraska — Nebraska voters didn’t get a chance to size up the major candidates to replace Gov. Pete Ricketts on the debate stage this year.

Republican nominee Jim Pillen declined to debate, describing the process as political theater. His Democratic opponent, State Sen. Carol Blood, criticized the move.

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Lawmakers’ Road Trip Pushes Airport-Related Change To Nebraska Constitution

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 2:00am

LINCOLN — A bipartisan trio of Nebraska lawmakers traversed Husker land this week touting an air travel-related ballot measure as a way the state can ramp up new business and talent.

Amendment 1, which Nebraskans will vote on Nov. 8, would open a gate for cities and counties with airports to spend public funds to expand commercial flight offerings.

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Patrick O’Donnell, Nation’s Longest-Serving Clerk Of The Legislature, Plans To Retire

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – Patrick O’Donnell, the longtime clerk of the Nebraska Legislature, announced Tuesday that he’s retiring at the end of the year.

O’Donnell, 73, is currently the longest-serving clerk of a state legislature in the nation, having held the post since 1978.

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“Don’t You Think It’s Time For New Blood In Nebraska?” Senator Carol Blood Holds Town Hall In Omaha

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 2:00am

State Sen. Carol Blood speaks at one of her town hall events in Omaha.
(<a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/author/aaron-sanderford/">Aaron Sanderford</a> / Nebraska Examiner)

Gubernatorial candidate and Senator Carol Blood held the seventh of her town hall meetings with the public at the Firefighters Union Hall in Omaha last Tuesday as part of her boots-on-the-ground campaign in the lead up to the November election. Handing out campaign pamphlets, mock-up newspapers made by her team, and organizational charts outlining the Nebraska government, she had a personal and open chat with her constituents.

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Political News

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

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

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

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

Large Number Of Contested Races Spice 2022 Elections For Nebraska Legislature

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

Q-And-A In Nebraska Governor’s Race: Pillen, Blood Talk About Education, Property Taxes

Lawmakers’ Road Trip Pushes Airport-Related Change To Nebraska Constitution

Patrick O’Donnell, Nation’s Longest-Serving Clerk Of The Legislature, Plans To Retire

“Don’t You Think It’s Time For New Blood In Nebraska?” Senator Carol Blood Holds Town Hall In Omaha

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