Issues
December 05, 2012 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
The McCook Daily Gazette reported that the McCook City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance to reduce the occupation tax on land line telephone users effective January 1, 2013. The tax will be reduced from 3 percent to 1.5 percent. According to the Gazette, [c]ouncilors originally proposed doubling the land line tax in July, in addition [...]
November 28, 2012 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Energy & Environment
AFP-NE Represented at KXL Open House in York The proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline was center stage at an open house held at Chances R in York, Nebraska last night. AFP-NE and its members were represented by Deputy State Director, Matt Litt, at the event. The informational open house was hosted by Nebraskans for Jobs & [...]
November 28, 2012 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Energy & Environment
Nearly 40,000 Nebraskans are currently unemployed. Too many Nebraska families cannot pay their bills or provide a secure economic future for themselves and their children. The truth is, we can do something about it and you can start by attending an event supporting the Keystone XL pipeline tomorrow evening in Columbus. Columbus Event Supporting Keystone [...]
November 27, 2012 JProperty Rights, Energy & Environment
Nebraska has established a unique process to site oil pipelines in our state that gives local control over the route and scope of the project. This is one of the benefits of the 2011 Special Legislative Session and is a good balance of local control when dealing with a project that crosses through seven states. [...]
November 26, 2012 JTechnology
250,000. That’s how many phone calls AFP volunteers made across the state of Nebraska this year educating neighbors of the failing economic agenda of Bob Kerrey and President Obama. 45,000. That’s how many houses AFP volunteers went to distributing our economic freedom literature. Group of high school students at AFP phone bank in Lincoln Combining [...]