Lincoln, NE — Bold Nebraska, a non-partisan advocacy organization, fully supports the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill signed into law last year.  “Hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans are benefiting from the law today, and as more provisions go into effect our broken health care system will be fixed, resulting in better delivery […]

Editor’s Note: The following piece was originally posted on Nebraska Appleseed’s blog this morning.  As we watch the House of Representatives debate repealing health reform (or the Affordable Care Act), Nebraska organizations and activists are weighing in on the cost of repeal. Appleseed has fought hard for reform over the past 2 years, and we […]

Editor’s Note: Mary Pipher delivered the body of this piece at the rally to protect our homeland in front of our State Capitol on Jan. 5.  She then edited it into an Op-Ed piece for the Omaha World-Herald on Jan. 8.  We’re thrilled to have advocates like Dr. Pipher fighting to protect our homeland from […]

Investigative reporter Vince Wade gives an overview of the TransCanada pipeline and the link to China.  Landowners and advocates have been worried about this link for months, and Vince captures the concerns.  He also explores the concerns about TransCanada’s Emergency Response Plans. You can listen to the report on Mr. Wade’s blog (just hit the play […]

In the State of the State address Governor Heineman said his bold budget is centered on two priorities: jobs and education. We find it interesting that a conservative who doesn’t think the government can create jobs is saying now (his) government somehow can… but that is not the focus of this post.   We want […]

If you’re freaking out about your zodiac suddenly changing, CNN’s got good news: if you’ve been using the tropical zodiac, your sign doesn’t change.  In other news, the Republican National Committee will vote for their chairperson today — will the controversial Michael Steele keep his seat?  All the local buzz will focus on the Gov.’s […]

Updated Jan. 14 at 9:00AM, see below There’s been an uproar from the pro-recall effort and conservative radio in Omaha after news broke that the anti-recall group Forward Omaha was providing transportation to  citizens from homeless shelters to the county election commissioner’s office so they could exercise their right to vote.   Of course, the […]

Do you want to take action on the pipeline?   One thing you can do is write letters, send messages on Facebook or tweet our elected officials telling each of them to protect our land, water and homes from the dangerous TransCanada pipeline. If you need more info on the pipeline, check out our Resource […]

As a mom of two little girls and one on the way, I deeply thank our President for honoring Christina’s young life and the hope she had for life and the hope we all have that our country heals and does exactly as the President said “we place our hands over our hearts, and commit […]

We continue to work with groups and landowners on the TransCanada pipeline.  If you visit Bold’s site often, you already know our state is in desperate need of stronger eminent domain laws, routing of pipeline laws and transparent Emeregnecy Response Plans (just to name a few).  Not everyone may support stopping the pipeline completely, but […]