NE Primary Election 2012: List of All Candidates, Debate Videos, more

We have uploaded the Statewide Candidate List – the full and official list candidates – released by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office on March 9, 2012 (the filing deadline for candidates is March 1, 2012) to our Scribd account. Click the image below to view / download the list from Scribd. If you’re looking… more

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Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney  General; some, we think,… more

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Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP… more

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Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate… more

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Lancaster & Douglas County Sample Ballots: NE Primary Election May 15, 2012

Nebraska’s 2012 Primary Election is Tuesday, May 15. The Polls are open 8:00AM – 8:00PM (listed here as central time). Last Tuesday, we published an official election calendar distributed by the Nebraska Secretary of State, along with Voter Registration for each Nebraska county as of April 6, 2012. Click HERE to view that article. The… more

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Arbor Day’s J. Sterling Morton: We Don’t Know Him

Some men, long dead, are famous for what they DIDN’T do. For example, George Washington almost certainly didn’t chop down a cherry tree and later confess because, as he is reputed to have told his father, he “could not tell a lie.”1 Similarly, there is reason to believe that Benjamin Franklin did not actually fly… more

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2012 NE Primary Election Dates & Voter Registration Data

Nebraska’s Primary Election is May 15 In addition to the information provided below, readers may want to visit the Secretary of State’s page – HERE - which lists information for each County Clerk in the state (although no websites). If you’re not sure about your voter registration status click HERE to check. Here are all… more

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VIDEO NE State Senators Debate & Vote LB599 Medicaid Expansion for Illegals

Below is video from last Wednesday’s Unicameral floor speeches and the votes to over ride the Governor’s vetoes of LB599 and its funding bill, LB599A. Each video is proceeded by: Senator’s name and district number Re-election status Detailed list of how each Senator voted in each of the four rounds required to pass the bills… more

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NE Legislature Passes Reckless Medicaid Expansion Providing Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 19, 2012 Media Inquiries Nebraska Legislature Passes Reckless Medicaid Expansion Providing Benefits to Illegal Immigrants Lincoln, NE Nebraska’s State Legislature voted Wednesday afternoon, the 60th and final day of the 102nd Unicameral, 2nd Session, to override Governor Dave Heineman’s veto of LB599, a bill which creates a separate Nebraska Medicaid… more

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