FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 Contact: Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Rep. Ashford Again Sides With Foreign Oil Corp. Over Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers Votes a second time for bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline Omaha, NE — Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Omaha) today voted for a second time to approve the risky Keystone XL tarsands export pipeline, […]

(Click here to share the image above on Facebook.) Farmers and ranchers in Nebraska are being dragged into court right now by a foreign corporation armed with the power of eminent domain to seize their land against their will to build the risky Keystone XL pipeline. The legal concept of “eminent domain” allows for taking […]

Come support landowners fighting TransCanada’s eminent domain for KXL in court.  WHAT: Support landowners fighting eminent domain for Keystone XL WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 12 at 1:00 p.m. WHERE: Holt County Courthouse, 204 North 4th Street, O’Neill, NE 68763 The group of landowners who recently filed suit against TransCanada seeking an injunction to halt their eminent domain seizure proceedings will see […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has publicly posted a letter it submitted to the State Department with new comments on the agency’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Keystone XL. EPA was also separately among eight federal agencies that had until yesterday (Feb. 2) to weigh in on the State Dept.’s “national interest determination” for […]

The U.S. Senate voted on Jan. 29 to approve S.1, a bill to fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline around the Presidential permitting process. President Obama has stated his intention to VETO the bill. Bold Nebraska has sent over 1,100 veto and reject pens to Pres. Obama. Senators Sasse and Fischer both voted for the bill […]

During the 2015 session of the Nebraska Unicameral, Bold Nebraska is working with partner organizations including Nebraskans for Civic Reform, Nebraska Appleseed, Common Cause Nebraska, Center for Rural Affairs, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Nebraska Farmers Union , ACLU of Nebraska and Nebraska Sierra Club to bring you informed coverage of bills under consideration, and actions you can take like testifying at the Capitol, or […]

Bold Nebraska supports marriage equality and the efforts of local groups including the ACLU of Nebraska, HRC Nebraska, and state senators working to put in place protections for the LGBT community in the workplace, housing, and elsewhere inequalities still exist. ACTIONS: ACLU Nebraska Freedom to Marry Benefit: Jan. 29 in Omaha (House of Loom) Sign […]

MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” visited Nebraska last weekend to interview farmers and ranchers who are now facing eminent domain claims by TransCanada to seize their land for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The interviews were conducted at the farm house of the Harrington sisters, whose family has farmed their land for over 150 years. Down the […]

In the past week, foreign oil corp. TransCanada has filed eminent domain claims against Nebraska farmers and ranchers who are refusing to give up their land for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. A strong group of these landowners are banding together to file their own lawsuits challenging eminent domain, and have pledged to fight TransCanada all […]

This new editorial cartoon from Neal Obermeyer digs into the controversy surrounding Patrick McPherson, a board member of the Nebraska Board of Education who was discovered to have penned several racist blog posts, including one that refers to President Obama as a “half-breed.” On Wednesday, the State Board of Education will consider a resolution calling on […]