Since 1978, only three governors have been affiliated with the Democratic Party. Nebraska Economy Agriculture is Nebraska’s most important and largest industry, contributing $21 billion to the state’s economy annually. 92% of state land, 45.2 million acres, is used for agriculture and ranching....
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen issued a long-awaited proclamation on Wednesday calling a special legislative session to address the state's soaring property taxes, ruffling some lawmakers' feathers by giving them just a day's notice.
Chris Sununu, a Republican who's had a full-circle relationship with Donald Trump over the years: first endorsing him, then criticizing him and now supporting him all the way. Sununu says the world will be just fine if Trump is elected. Here’s our chat, ...
“What surprised me mostly when I got there is that he would have me go with him to these recitals he performed for the governors of the provinces in these beautiful concert halls. He would introduce me to very stately, formal people with diamonds on their cigarette holders. I was out of...
From 1992 to 1993, I served on the Governors Workers Compensation Task Force and fought to preserve important workers’ rights such as choice of doctor. The task force provided the most recent comprehensive changes to Nebraska workers compensation law. Nebraska has had no negative reform since the...
For more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau has been helping people find businesses, brands, and charities they can trust. In 2018, people turned to BBB more than 173 million times for BBB Business Profiles on nearly 5.4 million businesses and Charity Reports on 11,000 charities, all...
Blood, he said, has done a strong job in the Legislature and as a Democrat running for governor trying to “carve out a lane for centrist solutions” in our polarized politics. “I think they are both doers,” Ashford said. “They both would be good governors because they’re problem so...
Besides Kansas and Nebraska, only Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, Texas and Utah elect all their board members, but those states’ current majorities appear unlikely to lose power. In a majority of states, governors appoint most or all state school board members, according to t...
“So much of our nation’s history is tied to this great city, and today, we mark another important chapter with the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress,” said Roman Martinez IV, USPS Board of Governors chairman and dedicating official for the stamp. “Here, where the foot...