Republicans are sounding the alarm that they need to close the money gap with Democrats in the battle for state legislatures, calling the “financial disparity this cycle … more significant than ever.” The Republican State Leadership Committeeannounced in a donor memo, first ...
For example, State v. Brand, 219 Neb. 402,363 N.W.2d 516(1985), involved a 35year sentence without parole for one twice convicted of sexual assault in the first degree. In holding the sentence not to be cruel and unusual, we observed that the Legislature is not required to select the...
Nebraska's constitution was adopted in 1875. It was amended in 1982 to ensure that rangeland and farmland could be sold only to a Nebraska family-farm corporation. The executive branch is headed by a governor elected for a four-year term. By constitutional amendment in 1934 the legislature was...
though not all of those mandated a photo ID. Nebraska was among the states without an identification requirement, even though Republicans had tried for years to pass one in the Legislature.
Officially designated by an act of the Nebraska legislature on April 4, 1895, "The Tree Planters State" nickname was offered as a more fitting representation of the state than others that were in use at the time. This name refers to the millions of trees planted by early Nebraska settlers ...
of the Constitution is merely a declaration of a general fundamental principle. It is the primary duty of the courts to safeguard this declaration of rights and remedies. However, it does not in any way imply that the Legislature is without power to impose a special procedure before resort to...
20-201 It is the intention of the Legislature to provide a right of privacy as described and limited by sections 20-201 to 20-211 and section 6 of this act and 25-840.01, and to give to any natural person a legal remedy in the event of violation of the right. ...
The Nebraska legislature and governor signed off on a congressional map in September 2021. Nebraska’s 2nd District, which includes Omaha and remains the state’s sole Democratic-leaning district, gained more rural territory to make it slightly more Republican. Explore the Nebraska redistricting map...
The nonpartisan feature of the legislature has many critics, who charge that the lack of political parties in the legislature results in a lack of leadership in that body. Indeed, nonpartisanship may have enhanced the importance of lobbyists in the legislative process. Nebraska’s chief executive...