That afternoon in November 2013, Sandhill cranes squawked and danced in the distance. Faith Spotted Eagle an elder of the Ihanktonwan Band of the Dakota/Nakota/Lakota Nation of South Dakota, pulled her shawl tighter against the wind and cold, then began to sing. She was gathered with other members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in […]

Ben Gotschall is a candidate for Nebraska Public Power District, Subdivision 1 On a brisk spring morning, Ben Gotschall pulled a steel crate wagon loaded with bales of hay to the pasture where his Jerseys were eagerly awaiting breakfast. Halfway up the hill, he turned to me with a wry smile. “I don’t own a […]

Maggie Squires is a candidate for Nebraska’s Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, Subdistrict 6 (view map of Subdistrict 6, Lincoln area) Click here to give $10 now to support Maggie Squires for NRD. Maggie’s campaign website “Like” Maggie for NRD on Facebook Click here for the full New Energy Voter Guide When I met […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Friday, April 18 to speak with Ed Schultz about the U.S. State Department’s decision to delay its Keystone XL decision process, and extend the comment period for federal agencies weighing in on the pipeline decision. Ed also previews next week’s Reject and Protect […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2014  Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org State Department Announces Delay in Keystone XL Process After Nebraska Court Invalidates TransCanada Route Final Nebraska Supreme Court decision not expected until at least January 2015  Lincoln, Nebraska — The U.S. State Department announced today that it will extend the government comment period on the […]

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At a hearing on Friday, July 19 at the Lancaster County Courthouse, the judge overseeing the landowners’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law that fast-tracked approval of Keystone XL in Nebraska set a date for the claims to come to trial. The first day in court for the three landowners — Randy Thompson, Susan […]