Issues
April 06, 2013 JEnergy & Environment
“Now, right now, a company called TransCanada has applied to build a new pipeline…And today, I’m directing my administration to cut through the red tape, break through the bureaucratic hurdles, and make this project a priority, to go ahead and get it done.” That was President Obama in 2012 at a campaign rally in Cushing, Oklahoma [...]
April 03, 2013 J2013 Legislative Session
The legislative session is in its final stretch, 37 days after today. Now is not the time to sit back and relax. There is lots of time for good and bad bills to make it through. Speaker of the Legislature Adams also let the body know that they will be working longer hours to get [...]
April 02, 2013 JHealth Care & Entitlements, 2013 Legislative Session
Author, Joe Herring, of Bellevue asks a simple question to proponents of expanding Medicaid in Nebraska. If one wanted to learn how to fly, would it be wiser to study the problem, devise a plan and then safely test the method before making the attempt? Or, would it be better to fling yourself off a cliff in the [...]
March 27, 2013 JEnergy & Environment
AFP-Nebraska will be organizing grassroots support yet again to push for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The U.S. State Department has announced the final public hearing will be April 18th in Grand Island. If you would like to join us at this important public meeting to demonstrate support for KXL, contact Matt Litt at [...]
March 25, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Labor, Education & Pensions
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Illinois with fraud for misrepresenting the fiscal health of its public pension system. For years, the Midwestern state had been hoodwinking municipal bond investors into believing that it had been properly funding its public servants’ retirement plans when, in reality, the state has a long history of [...]