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Nov 6, 2024 · Abortion, school choice, marijuana: Nebraska voters face record number of big decisions – backed by big money. By Naomi Delkamiller. Oct. 31, 2024. All work produced by the Flatwater Free Press — articles, videos, photos and other media — is …
2024 Nebraska Voter Guide - Nebraska Voter Guide
Know before you vote. Nebraska voters face decisions touching every aspect of life — from the classroom to the doctor’s office. We compiled information about the candidates and races for three key offices, along with judges and ballot measures, to help you fill out your ballot. Candidates. Ballot Measures.
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Mission. Flatwater. Free Press. Flatwater echoes the origins of our state’s name, a translation of the Oto or Omaha words for the Platte River. The Platte of course spans the state, providing sustenance and a travel route for this land’s first human inhabitants. Today it connects Scottsbluff to Omaha and hundreds of communities between.
Nebraska Legislature - Nebraska Voter Guide
In short: Voters will decide how far lawmakers can advance a more conservative agenda. While the Legislature is officially nonpartisan, lawmakers regularly split along party lines on some of the most contentious issues. Those bills routinely face a filibuster, which can prevent a bill from passing. It takes 33 votes to defeat a filibuster.
Ballot Measures - Nebraska Voter Guide
Ballot Measures 101. There are six ballot measures in front of Nebraska voters this year – and a lot had to happen for them to get there. Advocates who collected signatures on petitions had to clear a high bar: 10% of the state’s registered voters for petitions that could change the state Constitution, 7% for petitions that could enact a new law.
In Nebraska, empty churches are becoming apartments, museums
Feb 29, 2024 · Americans’ participation in organized religion has declined in recent decades, multiple surveys have shown. A study by the Public Religion Research Institute found a combined 56% of respondents in 2022 said they either seldom or never attend religious services – up from 43% in 2013.. That tracks with research by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research that found median attendance at ...
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Sep 3, 2021 · We heard what people want from a newsroom that gets the benefit of starting from scratch in 2021. We meshed that advice with industry best practices, and came up with what we think is a uniquely Nebraskan take on the nonprofit news movement that has swept the country over the past decade.
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Enter your address or zip code to find your voting districts and see which races are being contested in that area.