Nebraska Legislature (#NEleg):
Are people using the new-ish(?) "Submit Comments Online" buttons (if and only if they are not planning on testifying in Lincoln in person)? e.g. https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58025

I hear rumors (Swing Left Nebraska podcast) that doing so might not be a waste of time...? At least we're creating additional paper trail that legislators are intentionally ignoring the will of the people? If that matters?

now I'm wondering if I could request / scrape stats showing each Senator and how often they vote against their own constituents... (is there an API for comments?)... a new Senator report card website?

Nebraskans: Please register your opposition to LB89: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-state-senator-to-oppose-stand-with-women

BREAKING: Nebraska Senate votes to advance both competing bills for permanent Standard Time (natural time) and permanent Daylight Saving Time (fast time) into a second day of debate. Remind your #NELeg members: Yes on LB302, No on LB34! Link below.

Nebraska State Senator Megan Hunt filed #NELeg LB34 permanent DST. It would force millions to school/work in darkness for 2 to 5 months, with sunrises later than 9am! It costs lives when tried! Please file instead our bill for permanent Standard Time, for health, safety, education, economy.

#OnThisDay in 1957: “Hereafter it is against the law to have Daylight Saving Time in Nebraska, if any community wanted to have it—which apparently none does.” #NELeg #OTD #History #DitchDST https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald-standard-time-offic/140056525/

Nebraska administrators, professors criticize effort to end faculty #tenure

Faculty groups and administrators at the University of #Nebraska lined up Tuesday to oppose a legislative proposal to end #facultytenure, with many saying it could handicap NU.

#academicfreedom #UniversityofNebraska #NEleg

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/02/13/club-of-one-nebraska-administrators-professors-criticize-effort-to-end-faculty-tenure/

Nebraska’s February 5th debate and vote on biannual clock change. Amendment to permanent Standard Time failed. Unamended bill for permanent Daylight Saving Time failed. #NELeg #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZXau3Osm4

Nebraska’s January 30th debate of permanent Daylight Saving and Standard Time. No vote held on this date. #NELeg #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_-2HGVqz-M

#BREAKING Nebraska Legislature votes NO on BOTH permanent Standard Time FA207 and permanent Daylight Saving Time LB143. Permanent Standard Time would be best, but status quo is better than permanent DST. Thank you, legislators! #NELeg #DitchDST

Nebraska Unicameral is filibustering LB31...again. Happy Groundhog Day!

Yesterday Nebraska heard testimony on shifting their time zone boundary westward, bringing effective permanent DST to a few counties. Consider asking #NELeg to oppose LR276. #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F8MAQqUBnM

Nebraska Legislature debated permanent DST vs Standard Time on Thursday. Tell #NELeg: No on LB143! Yes on FA207! #DitchDST #SaveStandardTime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XswQ0MEr-0

Nebraska: Tell your state senator asap: No on LB143 (permanent DST), Yes on FA207 (permanent Standard Time)! Contact information is here: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/senator_find.php #NELeg #DitchDST

Nebraskans could use deadly force to defend themselves, whether they are at home, at work, in their vehicle or out in public under a ‘stand your ground’ bill introduced in the #Nebraska Legislature.

#NEleg #standyourground

https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/stand-your-ground-bill-would-allow-nebraskans-to-use-deadly-force-to-defend-themselves-in/article_310003dc-b486-11ee-bf2d-9f83dd86bd75.html

#Nebraska senators seek to eliminate tenure for #collegeprofessors

“Higher education lacks a serious degree of accountability” because of #tenure, which protects #professors, after proving their competence, from being fired for disagreements with administrators or for controversial scholarly opinions, according to the senator who introduced the bill.

#NEleg
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/01/08/senators-seek-to-eliminate-tenure-for-college-professors-do-away-with-state-inheritance-tax/

Nebraska lawmaker proposes new death penalty option amid flurry of bill introductions

Seventy-four new bills were introduced Thursday on the second day of the 2024 session of the #Nebraska Legislature, including one that would give prison officials a new option to carry out the #deathpenalty.

#nitrogenhypoxia #NELeg
https://kearneyhub.com/nebraska-lawmaker-proposes-new-death-penalty-option-amid-flurry-of-bill-introductions/article_901eb61a-ac1b-11ee-b993-97deb5030f8f.html

The Let Them Grow Act is trending. Passed #NEleg requires the Chief Medical Officer for DHHS to adopt and promulgate "rules and regulations" necessary to provide for nonsurgical, gender-altering procedures for individuals younger than 19 years of age.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1526874

#NELeg trending that would make all Nebraska elections #nonpartisan, except for presidential elections. Instead of holding partisan #primaryElections, voters could vote on all candidates running, the top two candidates advance to the #generalElection.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1530130

A reminder that Omaha elects people who think guns bring peace.
#neleg #omaha

https://nagv.substack.com/p/great-job-omaha-metro-were-kidding

RT @NebraskaMegan: Our proximity to LGBTQ people does not absolve us of the harm we cause. I'm glad he loves his kid - now try loving mine. #NELeg https://t.co/Ck91PQBLyR