OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It may be a while before Nebraska lawmakers can start tackling bills. So far, the 2024 legislative session has been center on changing the way the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature ...

FOLEY IS NOW THE STATE AUDITOR. NEBRASKA LAWMAKER AREN’T WASTING ANY TIME. THEY INTRODUCE 91 BILLS AND SEVEN LEGISLA RESOLUTIONS, AND ONE OF THOSE WOULD REPLACE THE HISTORY COMICALLY NONPARTISAN, ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska Legislature is encouraging the next generation of leaders to walk in a legislator’s shoes. The Unicameral Youth Legislature will be held June 11-14 at the State ...

The late U.S. Senator George Norris, one of the most idealistic and incorruptible legislators America has ever produced, used to come up with some clever lines to express his frustrations. "They say ...

Nebraskans once again have multiple means available to them to watch and participate in the Legislature’s bill-making process, regardless of their distance from Lincoln. Those means all spring from ...

Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. It is a combination two Latin words i.e., uni, one + camera, chamber. A state legislature that has one house, ...

THE UNICAMERAL. THE TRAFFIC COP OF THE CHAMBER. PATRICK O’DONNELL HAS SERVED AS THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE’S CLERK FOR 44 YEARS. THAT’S ABOUT HALF THE HISTORY OF THE UNICAMERAL. NOW, THE NATION’S ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In no time at all, Nebraska’s 49 senators will be back in action. First they’ll need to select committee chairs and then they’ll start introducing their bills. The mood at the ...

Newly proposed laws regulating artificial intelligence, data privacy and business innovation could either expand Nebraska’s tech sector or halt its growth, according to leaders at Tech Nebraska. Tech ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska’s State Capitol is often referred to as “The People’s House” and anyone that’s been there has probably noticed its easy to walk in without going through any security.

This article appears in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. At first glance, California state Sen. Richard Richards might have seemed an exceptionally powerful ...