Month: July 2016

Bold Nebraska Supports Family Ranchers and Farmers, Urges Congress to Pass Checkoff Reform

Bold Nebraska joined more than 140 organizations, ranchers, farmers and businesses this week to applaud Senators Booker and Lee for filing legislation that, when passed, will stop commodity checkoff program abuses. Checkoff programs were established to provide equal benefits to all producers of a particular commodity by using funds gained from mandatory assessments to conduct promotion […]
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Lincoln Community to Host “Black Lives DO Matter” Rally and March on Thursday at Nebraska State Capitol

Mark Hefflinger
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2016 Contact: Shannon Cameron, 402-902-9206, shannonecameron@gmail.com Pastor Janet Banks, 404-540-5363, janetgoodmanbanks@gmail.com Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Lincoln Community to Host #BlackLivesMatter Rally and March on Thursday at Nebraska State Capitol Speakers to include Pastor Janet Banks; Pastor Jessie Myles, Michael Manquoba Dicken; Stephen Griffith; Jane Kleeb; Lincoln Police Department Chief Jeff […]
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Rep. Brad Ashford Letter Asks PHMSA for Independent Soil and Water Testing on TransCanada’s Keystone 1 Pipeline

Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Omaha) sent a letter dated July 6 to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), expressing his concern about the lack of independent soil and water testing being conducted along TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline in Nebraska while the company is digging up huge sections of the pipe […]
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Guest Post: “Retaining the Good Life” by Adam Morfeld

This guest post was authored by Nebraska State Sen. Adam Morfeld. (When folks head to the polls in November, in order to ensure the outdated death penalty is not part of our justice system, you need to “Vote RETAIN” to keep the law that bans the unjust death penalty that was passed by our bi-partisan […]
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Nebraska Judge Orders TransCanada to Pay Legal Costs of Keystone XL Landowners

Donate to keep Bold going strong! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2016 Contact: Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Nebraska Judge Orders TransCanada to Pay Legal Costs of Keystone XL Landowners TransCanada ordered to pay $8,844.21 to each of 19 Holt County landowners; claims in other counties may push total payments near $500,000 Holt County, NE — […]
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