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Lawmakers approve no longer issuing front-facing license plates in Nebraska by 2029 • Nebraska Examiner By the start of Nebraska’s next license plate cycle in 2029, the state could only issue drivers rear-facing license plates.

LICENSE PLATES: By the start of Nebraska’s next license plate cycle in 2029, the state could only issue drivers a rear-facing license plate and allow multiyear registrations.

From Zach Wendling:

The L O N G sign gauntlet along #Omaha’s main drag, Dodge Street, following the #HandsOff protest
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The Voters' Guide for City of Omaha Elections is available for the first day of early voting!

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Opinion | RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.

Wall Street Journal editorial board:

"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."

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President Trump Third Term, Smithsonian Executive Order, Myanmar Earthquake : Up First from NPR President Trump declines to rule out the possibility of serving a third term in office as the Constitution stipulates a two-term limit. The executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American Hist...

“You can’t turn an ugly history into a glorious one unless you’re not telling the truth” - me on the latest executive order about monuments on NPR: www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...

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It seems that Elon Musk already has his talons on the federal government’s disbursement systems.

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It’s the final week for signature collection for the #LNK for Fair Housing ballot initiative. Now is the time to sign the petition for fair housing and help get source-of-income protections on Lincoln's May ballot. ✍️

To learn more and get involved, visit FairHousingLNK.org.

Hi I'm an artist in Nebraska focused on the beauty and wonder of the Great Plains. This is some art I made last year 😊 #art

Winner-take-all hearings are set. Let's mobilize. - Civic Nebraska The Government Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will hear testimony on Jan. 30. Be there.

Hearings are set on a pair of measures to dismantle Nebraska’s split electoral allocation system. Details:

I’m old enough to remember when it was not controversial to suggest that children do not belong in prison.

Ricketts' Riches: Record election spending shows senator’s family far from done in Nebraska - Flatwater Free Press Sen. Pete Rickets and his parents shattered their previous spending records during the recent election cycle. The family spent roughly $1 of every $11 spent by anyone on any Nebraska political race, P...

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For those of you new to living in an oligarchy.

Register to vote or update your voter registration:
Sunday, Jan. 19, 5:30-7:30 at Walt Library, 14th & South of Old Cheney
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 5:30-7:30 at Gere Library, 56th & Normal
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Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

Fellow Nebraskans, call on your US Senators to vote NO on this unqualified candidate for Secretary of Defense.. .The safety of our country's children depend on their good judgement!

Senator Deb Fischer - 202-224-6551

Senator Pete Ricketts - 202-224-4224

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Governor starts off by saying this is about LB 556, which calls for changes to juvenile courts. It's about putting children in prison, changing the age of detention from 13 to 11, among other changes.

Still need to sign the petition for fair housing? We have you covered! Join Lincoln for Fair Housing today at TWO locations: 8-10 am at Cultiva Downtown (727 S. 11th St.) and 9:30 am- 12:30 pm at Crescent Moon (140 N. 8th St.)! We can't wait to see you there!

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Let’s get it done for our city’s renters, #LNK.

‘Minor adjustments’ proposed to Nebraska paid sick leave law, campaign ‘not concerned’ • Nebraska Examiner “Minor adjustments” could be coming to Nebraska’s imminent paid sick leave law this October, which are meant to aid implementation.

SICK LEAVE TWEAKS: “Minor adjustments” could come to Nebraska’s paid sick leave law this October, which the campaign said are meant to aid implementation. From Zach Wendling:

I was fired when the new Governor brought in a new CEO for our State of Nebraska Agency. I fully believe, as do others, it was in large part because I am an out and vocal Democrat. None of this is normal or should ever become so. Also, your vote is private!

Source-of-income housing discrimination – refusing potential renters from using housing vouchers and other assistance – keeps 1 in 3 Lincoln renters from finding affordable housing. Sign the petition to put source-of-income protections on May’s city ballot. ›› FairHousingLNK.org ‹‹

Elon Musk is the new emperor of misinformation - Kevin Drum Here's the latest from Elon Musk about the LA wildfires: Every single thing on this list is either badly misleading or flat-out wrong: Reservoirs and emergency water tanks were all full before the fir...

Hat tip to Kevin Drum who took the time to debunk the spewage of misinformation about the LA fires flowing from Elon Musk's X account:

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Hardin won 28-21. Again, several defectors from his own party, which gives water to the idea that’s been buzzing the Capitol that the Legislature is a little more moderate than before.

Ricketts' Riches: Record election spending shows senator’s family far from done in Nebraska - Flatwater Free Press Sen. Pete Rickets and his parents shattered their previous spending records during the recent election cycle. The family spent roughly $1 of every $11 spent by anyone on any Nebraska political race, P...

$1 out of every $11 spent on Nebraska political campaigns in last 2 yrs — every race, every candidate down to dogcatcher, every ballot initiative, every PAC — was spent by a single family.
Our newest one over here at FFP following that money.
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Two Omaha metro Starbucks stores join over 300 stores in 45 states in a nationwide strike. The barista workers union is negotiating workers' pay and alleged unfair labor practices. #UnionStrong #starbucksstrike

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Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...

"Everywhere there is a push against small-d democracy, we are seeing that there is a push for it, too."

Ah, yes, I remember it well.

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