Month: February 2016

Eminent Domain for Private Gain:
 The Sleeper Issue in the Presidential Race

Jane Kleeb
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Donald Trump stood on the debate stage, with all his famous gusto, and proclaimed he loves eminent domain. Trump continued to say, “Keystone XL could not be built without it.” Well Mr. Trump, that is the point—our founding fathers never intended private corporations to use eminent domain for their private gain. While hugging eminent domain […]
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Frank LaMere: Join Our Week of Actions on Whiteclay

Mark Hefflinger
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Our friend and ally Frank LaMere has helped to organize a week of actions centered on the issues surrounding the city of Whiteclay, Nebraska and the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. From the Omaha World-Herald’s recent coverage of the issues surrounding Whiteclay through the lens of Nora Boesem, whose family adopted seven children from the Pine Ridge Reservation, […]
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2016 Candidate Survey

Jane Kleeb
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*The New Energy Voter Guide is a joint project of Bold Nebraska and the New Energy Voter PAC and is not endorsed by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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Bold Nebraska Delivers Petition Urging Legislature to Stand With Family Farmers, Vote NO on Corporate Pig Bill LB 176

Mark Hefflinger
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2016 Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org John Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union 402-476-8815, john@nebraskafarmersunion.org Bold Nebraska, Nebraska Farmers Union Urge Legislature to Stand With Family Farmers, Vote NO on Corporate Pig Bill LB 176 Petition signed by more than 1,100 Nebraskans delivered to Senators on Thursday Lincoln — Today, […]
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Nebraska Organic Farmer’s Letter Urges Senators to Protect Family Farms, Oppose LB 176

Mark Hefflinger
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  Dear Senator, Hello, my name is Robert Bernt. My wife and I, along with our 12 children own and operate Clear Creek Organic Farms. We process the milk from our 60 cow herd into cheese, butter and ice cream in our on-farm processing plant. Along with this we have a herd of sows that […]
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The Clean Power Plan and Nebraska

Mark Hefflinger
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Watch the Webinar: Nebraska Clean Power Plan Strategy Session (Feb. 10, 2016) The Clean Power Plan requires that the state of Nebraska reduce its carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. In Nebraska, we still rely on dirty coal-fired power plants for over 70% of our electricity, and they produce the vast majority of our carbon emissions, not to […]
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