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Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Mar. 18, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

Journal Star. March 17, 2024. Editorial: Alberts’ departure should prompt some introspection Nebraska got the shocking news Wednesday that Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts was leaving to take the same position at Texas A&M. Alberts’...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Mar. 11, 2024 07:13 AM EDT

Lincoln Journal Star. March 9, 2024. Editorial: Piecemeal approach to tax reforms brings danger Increase the sales tax by 1 or 2 cents to offset property taxes. Eliminate sales tax exemptions to build receipts to the state general fund. Repeal the inheritance tax. Put...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Jan. 29, 2024 07:13 AM EST

Lincoln Journal Star. January 25, 2024. Editorial: Nebraska’s child care crisis cannot be ignored One of the best investments Nebraska made with millions of dollars of federal aid that flowed into the state during the pandemic was in early child care, benefiting...

Nebraska Democrats back Omaha activist Preston Love Jr. to challenge Ricketts for US Senate seat

Jan. 17, 2024 16:45 PM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Longtime Omaha community activist Preston Love Jr. has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts for the seat Ricketts was appointed to fill last year. Love, 81, launched his campaign Wednesday in north...

Defamation case against Nebraska Republican Party should be heard by a jury, state's high court says

Jan. 12, 2024 18:47 PM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a jury should decide whether former Republican state legislative candidate Janet Palmtag was defamed by her own political party in a 2020 race that highlighted a growing schism within the state GOP. The high court's...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Jan. 01, 2024 16:28 PM EST

Lincoln Journal-Star. December 27, 2023. Editorial: Show that kids really are priority in Nebraska “I don’t believe in welfare.” Gov. Jim Pillen made his views crystal clear in rejecting a plan to apply for a new Summer EBT program, federal...