The big news Monday was the opinion issued by Judge Roger Vinson of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in the Attorneys General lawsuit, declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) unconstitutional. His ultimate conclusion is probably being equally celebrated and condemned in the mainstream media and [...]
By Shelli Dawdy Please share this with anyone you know who does not want the health care law implemented. While this article has been written from a Nebraska perspective, the basic facts and information are applicable everywhere. Few Americans are aware that the health care law was written to be implemented step by step by [...]
It’s difficult to be heard above all the “noise” when trying to get out information discovered about what’s happening in government. One big part of “the noise” is a whole lot of email. Obviously, there are many types of email; what I’m referencing here is of a very particular kind. It’s associated with the explosion in […]
As we reported on Wednesday, there are a number of bills that have been introduced in the Legislature regarding the entity that is dominating the cost of employing government workers at the State, County, and local levels in Nebraska, the CIR (Commission of Industrial Relations). In that article, we detailed what the CIR is, how [...]
I will confess that I did not sit through the whole State of the Union speech the other night due to a prior commitment. While I am so sorry for that, truly, (really, honestly…no, I mean it) I did catch bits and pieces during the replay later and then saw some more through the hash, [...]
Nebraska’s government budgets are hurting most everywhere, but particularly in the State’s two largest cities. Enough fed up Omahans were paying attention when taxes were raised recently, that it kicked off a drive to recall Mayor Jim Suttle and resulted in a rare recall election. (Suttle appears to have narrowly escaped removal Tuesday). Omahans’ taxes [...]
By Shelli Dawdy To listen to the radio interview referenced in this article, click here.1 This is actually a “triple dart” piece. Both District 25 Senator Kathy Campbell and KLIN DriveTime Lincoln and LIBA President Coby Mach deserve darts for buying in – hook…line…and sinker to a gas tax increase. It’s a done deal, folks! [...]
Apparently through our two articles on the subject, we’ve stirred up the national group advocating for basing the Presidential election solely on the popular vote. (First article here, second article here; comments apparently from a member of that group can be seen in the second article.) We’re taking the time to highlight the topic because [...]
The 102nd Legislature, 1st Session just concluded its 12th official day and I know I am already getting…tired, nauseated, and grouchy. (No, I don’t have a virus…unless you call politician-itis.) Why? In addition to more wrangling than you would see at a Texas rodeo, I’m disappointed and in some cases, appalled about some of the [...]
Thanks to Don1 for letting me know that Senator Ken Haar appeared on KLIN’s DriveTime Lincoln show to talk about LB583, (to download and read on your computer, click here) his bill that would award all of Nebraska’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote in Presidential elections. Yesterday we published an [...]