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Republican Don Bacon wins fifth term to US House representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based district
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Republican Don Bacon wins fifth term to US House representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based district

Associated Press  

— Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, following the latest vote results in the tight race released nearly three days after the polls closed. But the district’s support for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz — a Nebraska native — failed to translate into a win …

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Election 2024: A Nebraska court victory for voting rights could just swing the whole election.
2 months, 1 week ago

Election 2024: A Nebraska court victory for voting rights could just swing the whole election.

Slate  

Back in July, Nebraska state officials illegally suspended the right to vote for tens of thousands of people. In a major 5–2 decision handed down Wednesday, the state Supreme Court ordered them to restore voting rights to citizens who have completed their criminal sentences, just nine days before the state’s voter registration deadline. In response to this letter, Secretary of …

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Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?
2 months, 1 week ago

Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?

Raw Story  

OMAHA — Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst crossed the Missouri River on Saturday to encourage more than 100 Republican volunteers in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District to spend the next few weeks knocking on voters’ doors for former President Donald Trump. “You know Nebraskans support Donald Trump, but this is a swing area.” Trump said something similar about the importance of …

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Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed

Associated Press  

OMAHA, Nebraska — Terri Sanders stood among the dozens of voters who turned out Tuesday afternoon to pick up campaign signs at a Democratic event in north Omaha. “I haven’t seen outreach like this in a long time,” the 67-year-old CEO of an African-American newspaper said of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ' organizing campaign in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, …

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A Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its electoral votes stalls
3 months ago

A Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its electoral votes stalls

NPR  

A Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its electoral votes stalls The Nebraska state lawmaker at the center of the debate over whether the state will switch to a winner-takes-all system in the Electoral College says he will not support the effort. That hope rested on an effort to change how Nebraska awards its five electoral votes, and that …

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A Republican senator blocks GOP bid to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes
3 months ago

A Republican senator blocks GOP bid to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes

LA Times  

Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha is shown in the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., in 2019. A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that …

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Trump allies make another push to change Nebraska’s Electoral College law
3 months ago

Trump allies make another push to change Nebraska’s Electoral College law

Associated Press  

A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state’s Electoral College votes to the statewide winner, a late-stage rule change that could potentially help return Trump to the White House. “To my friends in Nebraska, that one electoral vote could be the difference between Harris being president and not, and she’s a disaster for …

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Nebraska GOP Might Take An Electoral Vote Away From Kamala Harris
3 months ago

Nebraska GOP Might Take An Electoral Vote Away From Kamala Harris

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With less than seven weeks to go until Election Day, Nebraska Republicans are considering passing a law to change how the state distributes its electoral votes in a bid to deny Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris any vote from the state. Jim Pillen is pushing the state legislature to pass a law to ensure the state would …

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Lawsuit targets Nebraska’s defiance of law to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit targets Nebraska’s defiance of law to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions

Associated Press  

— The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit challenging top election officials’ defiance of state laws that restore the voting rights of those who’ve ever been convicted of a felony. Evnen based his decision on a July 17 opinion by the state attorney general that said a law passed earlier this year to immediately restore the …

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Could Nebraska lawmakers seek winner-take-all elections in a special session to address taxes?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Could Nebraska lawmakers seek winner-take-all elections in a special session to address taxes?

Associated Press  

Nebraska lawmakers are set to address property tax relief next month in a special session being sought by Gov. But the Republican also has signaled his hope that the session could be used to take Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes ahead of this year’s tight presidential election. Pillen also said in the letter that he’s …

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Conservatives compelled by Trump are pushing Nebraska to adopt a winner-take-all election system
8 months, 1 week ago

Conservatives compelled by Trump are pushing Nebraska to adopt a winner-take-all election system

Associated Press  

— By the time conservative activist Charlie Kirk took the stage, there was no doubt that it was Donald Trump who had led him to travel to Nebraska and pressure state lawmakers to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes. It is a civilizational survival question.” Kirk joined the Nebraska Republican Party, currently led by Trump loyalists, to …

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Pressure builds from Nebraska Trump loyalists for a winner-take-all system
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Pressure builds from Nebraska Trump loyalists for a winner-take-all system

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. — Far-right conservatives loyal to former President Donald Trump aren’t slowing their push for the Republican-led Nebraska Legislature to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes, despite having almost no viable avenue to do so with only five days left in this year’s legislative session. The Nebraska Republican …

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Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans

Associated Press  

— Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. The unconventional move follows conservatives’ failure by a single vote last month to advance a bill that would have banned abortion at …

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Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

Associated Press  

— An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature on Thursday. “It gives me hope that the direction we’ve been seeing — across the country — could turn around.” The bill failed to get the crucial 33rd vote when Sen. …

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With new senator, Nebraska abortion opponents gain ground
2 years, 6 months ago

With new senator, Nebraska abortion opponents gain ground

Associated Press  

— Abortion-rights opponents inched closer to a filibuster-proof super-majority in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday that would let them outlaw the procedure if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its landmark legalization ruling, as it appears poised to do. Kauth, a Republican and owner of a mediation business, said she would “consider it an honor” to vote for a bill similar …

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Nebraska fails to override governor’s denial of rental aid
2 years, 8 months ago

Nebraska fails to override governor’s denial of rental aid

Associated Press  

— Nebraska lawmakers failed Tuesday to overrule Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto of a bill that would have forced him to apply for $120 million in federal pandemic rental assistance, leaving the state as the only one to flat-out refuse the aid. “There’s not a downside.” Ricketts and other critics have argued that Nebraska still has $30 million in unspent money …

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Kellogg’s reaches tentative agreement with striking workers
3 years ago

Kellogg’s reaches tentative agreement with striking workers

Associated Press  

— Kellogg’s has reached a new tentative agreement with its 1,400 striking cereal plant workers that could bring an end to the strike that began Oct. 5. Kellogg’s said most workers at its cereal plants earned an average of $120,000 last year although union members have said they work more than 80 hours a week to earn that, and those …

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Striking Kellogg’s workers to get 3% raises in new contract
3 years ago

Striking Kellogg’s workers to get 3% raises in new contract

Associated Press  

— Kellogg’s has reached a tentative agreement with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that will deliver 3% raises and end a nearly two-month-long strike if the deal is approved. The five-year deal with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union also includes cost of living adjustments in the second through the fifth years of the contract and …

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Nebraska OKs new congressional maps, keeps Omaha competitive
3 years, 2 months ago

Nebraska OKs new congressional maps, keeps Omaha competitive

Associated Press  

— Democratic presidential hopefuls could still have a real shot at claiming one of Nebraska’s electoral votes, despite Republican dominance statewide, based on new political maps approved Thursday. Nebraska passed congressional boundaries that would keep the Omaha-centered 2nd Congressional District competitive, even though Republicans pushed to draw the districts in a way that would have given the party a greater …

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New Nebraska congressional map advances to final vote
3 years, 2 months ago

New Nebraska congressional map advances to final vote

Associated Press  

— Nebraska moved one step closer to getting new congressional and legislative boundaries on Tuesday after lawmakers advanced redrawn district maps to a final vote in the Legislature. The congressional map drew criticism from some Democratic lawmakers, who argued that it was designed to help Republicans in the Omaha-focused 2nd Congressional District, one of the few places in Nebraska where …

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Nebraska splits electoral votes for 2nd time in history
4 years ago

Nebraska splits electoral votes for 2nd time in history

Associated Press  

— Nebraska officially split its Electoral College votes for the 2nd time in history on Monday, awarding one of its five votes to President-elect Joe Biden and the remaining four to President Donald Trump. The vote in a half-full state Capitol hearing room drew cheers from audience members when elector Precious McKesson, a Democratic Party activist, cast her votes for …

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Democrat Joe Biden garners rare Nebraska electoral vote
4 years, 1 month ago

Democrat Joe Biden garners rare Nebraska electoral vote

Associated Press  

— Democrat Joe Biden won Tuesday in Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, a victory that allows him to peel off one of the conservative state’s five Electoral College votes. CASINO GAMBLING After decades of rejecting casino gambling, Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved measures Tuesday to allow it at state-licensed horse racing tracks in Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Columbus and South Sioux …

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