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Legislature Nebraska Politics NEGOP

Mission Control: Nebraska has a problem

Our nonpartisan, one-house legislature, much loved Unicameral, is in the midst of an ultra-right extremist free fall.

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Fascism

Unveiling the Harsh Realities of State Power and Oppression

My name is Maghie Miller-Jenkins. I am a Black woman, mother, teacher, and activist. I, along with other people that both supported and opposed the policy of the day were arrested and incarcerated. I have now learned the state has decided not to file the charges against me. They didn’t tell me they weren’t going […]

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Creeping Fascism Education Protect Trans Kids

Kearney Public Schools is attempting to ban transgender athletes

Following in Senator Kauth’s hateful footsteps, Kearney Public Schools is attempting to ban transgender athletes. Please contact them today.

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LGBTQA+ Lincoln City Council Nebraska Politics

Community Statement on the Fairness Ordinance

For the second time this year Lincoln is facing the prospect of holding a vote on the civil rights of its LGBT2QIA+ population. This issue is something many in our city, and in our community have been working on since the city’s first vote on the matter in 1982. That year Lincoln voters rejected LGBT2QIA+ […]

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Housing and Community

UNL Professor Evicts Tenants in Canada

By: RenovictionsTO UNL Associate Professor of Architecture Sarah Deyong is evicting tenants living in a low-rise apartment building she owns with her brother in Toronto, Canada. Late last year, Deyong issued eviction notices to several long-time residents of the building and targeted two tenants with ‘renoviction’. There are several vacant apartments in the building, but […]

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Legislature

Nebraskans are the Unicameral’s 2nd House – Make Your Voice Heard with Legislation in the New Year (2022)

Nebraskans are the Unicameral’s 2nd House – Make Your Voice Heard with Legislation in the New Year (2022) by Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek, co-Founder of the Nebraska Legislative Study Group and Independent candidate for Nebraska Legislature, representing District 4 in west Omaha *Our Senators need to hear from everyday Nebraskans how the laws impact our lives and […]

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Nebraska Politics

What Happens When a Senator Thinks He Can’t Lose?

Submitted by: Alan MeyerCedar Bluffs, NE Our Senator, Ben Sasse, has called for the repeal of the 17th Amendment.  This is the amendment to the United States Constitution that allows us to vote for our U.S. Senators directly instead of them being appointed by the state legislature.  Imagine what this means.  Only political cronies well […]

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