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There are solar battles blazing all across the west right now, as utilities anchored to fossil fuel power plants strain to avoid the inevitable spread of solar across their areas of operation. Not a month goes by without a story of some assault on solar-friendly policies by utilities, or by the Utility Commissions that are often in their pocket.

As the Senate once again prepares to take a vote on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Nebraska voices will remind Senators that states’ rights are at stake, and that a vote for Keystone XL is a vote to disregard Nebraska’s legal process.

Just as pressure was building on President Barack Obama to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to refineries in Texas, the project ran into another obstacle - and it came again from Nebraska.

After a blast caused much of an Omaha manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives. Two of the 38 workers who were at the International Nutrition plant on Monday morning died and 10 were hospitalized with significant injuries, authorities said.

Although Nelson claims he will not act as an official lobbyist, this is only because he is barred from registering as a lobbyist to lobby Congress for two years. Serving as the head of a major special interest organization that does have registered lobbyists will effectively grant him the same role.

If nominated — an announcement could come this week — and confirmed by the Senate, Hagel would succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta has made it clear he intends to leave early next year, but has not publicly discussed the timing of his departure. He took the Pentagon job in July 2011.

The most important, the most dedicated, the most unselfish women in the history of our great country. These are not a the words of longtime supporter. I supported Obama in 2008 and I make no apology for it, but who else has served so well for so long for so many. 


Did she maintain a superhuman poise during a national scandal? Did she suffer some of most vile comments at  of her husband's political enemies? Did she serve the people of New York as a United States Senator honorably? Has she worked tirelessly across the globe for all people of America as the Secretary of State? Has she giv...

The Obama campaign has a great tool highlighting all the ways Nebraskans have benefitted from President Barack Obama's leadership the last four years.  Local information is also available by zip code, but here's a quick look at the difference Obama's made for the entire state:


JOBS


* 17,200 private sector jobs created in Nebraska, February 2010 to July 2012.

TAXES


* $3,663 in tax cuts for the typical family in Nebraska under President Obama.


* 40,456 small businesses in...

The smart approach to candidate questionnaires might be declining to participate when your answers are unlikely to win votes - and could even cost them.  But, there are also issues on which I personally believe it is too important to stand silent.  Civil rights and fighting discrimination are the perfect example.  That's why - in my campaign for the Legislature in Lincoln's District 27 - I was proud to respond to two recent surveys with answers guided by deeply held convictions and my faith in Nebraska's future rather than a simple desi...

This summer, it came as no surprise when the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled our state's Campaign Finance Limitation Act (CFLA) unconstitutional.  After a series of radical U.S.

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September 25, 2012


"Graham, who said earlier that the country wasn't "generating enough angry, white guys" to keep the GOP in business, was referring to the growing trend of Republicans depending on white voters to win elections.

It's a startling admission from a Southern white politician, but one he stood by. "If he's able to do this, President Obama's rewritten history," Graham said. "If we lose as Republicans, we're going to have to ask ourselves, who are we going to be? If we don't beat this guy, who are we going to be?""

After Deb Fischer's campaign released a June poll that showed her leading in Nebraska's Senate race by 25%, there's some cause for genuine excitement in this weekend's Omaha World-Herald poll showing that Bob Kerrey has closed that gap to 10% in the last three months.  That's a strong surge by Kerrey supporting a claim to momentum as October approaches.