Hi you know how you're like man my elected officials don't listen to me and the government is all lobbyists and special interests not everyday people like me and does my vote really matter?

Lemme tell you about LB415 in the Nebraska Legislature right now. LB415 is currently being debated on General File (first round of debate after Committee). The Business and Labor Committee chaired by Senator Kauth voted to amend LB698 into it.

Let me explain.

On the honestly disgusting attempts to cast Initiative 434 as supportive of victims of SA and trafficking,

A thread. Let's get into it. From the top, Initiative 434 is intentionally misleading voters. It furthers the mission of forced pregnancies and inserts non-licensed professionals LIKE ELECTED OFFICIALS into the personal, private, and sometimes deeply traumatic decisions around pregnancy.

OWH Legislative candidate guide is out and in an absolutely unsurprising twist - anti-abortion legislative candidates are trying to moderate their views to a more general audience.

So let's get into it. OWH asked legislative candidates the following:
"What role should the Legislature play in regulating access to abortion, contraception and fertility treatments?"

omaha.com/news/state-reg…

Okay here's a thread explaining the local issues on your Omaha ballot that I put together for myself and am now sharing with you.

A note - these are the local issues (Charter amendments, bond issues, Good Life District), not the statewide ballot initiatives. First up are the two amendments to the City’s Charter. You’ll remember from the Primary ballot that any amendments to the City’s Charter must be approved by the voters. That’s you.

So Special Session is supposed to start next Thursday the 25th. The list of new taxes/repealing exemptions had to be leaked to the press in order for you, the ordinary citizen, to see it and make your own opinions so you can tell your Senators what you want.
Let's get into it. The “plan” is “living and breathing”, it’s “kind of where we are heading”, the Committee of Senators/Governor’s team “at this point … has not decided on a specific plan”,

An Omaha child in foster care died in a hot car today, and the Governor of our supposed "pro-life" state wants to cut 362 jobs from DHHS and $53.8 million from DHHS Child Welfare to help pay for property tax relief. DHHS job cuts:

DHHS Child Welfare cuts included in Epiphany reports: nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/gov-pil…
nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/07/06/con…

Looking through campaign filings to deal with my election day anxiety and I've got some questions about this one: At the time of this donation (March 2), Corsi had not yet been confirmed by the Legislature as the head of Nebraska DHHS (vote on March 25) and the whole process was ... contentious.

The primary ballot voting thread you've all been waiting for:

Omaha City Charter Amendments.

Let's dig in: A few helpful things at the top.
Omaha Municipal Code and Charter can be found here:

We are a Home Rule city, which means we have a lot more flexibility to make laws than other municipalities. That said, we can't conflict with state law.library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes…

Oh hey are you a resident of Douglas County who wants a chance to oppose LB1357 which would criminalize street homelessness, before it has its legislative public hearing?

Got time tomorrow morning?
Details below 👇 The Douglas County Board of Commissioners has an agenda item to vote on officially opposing LB1357.

Agenda item IV - A will have a public hearing tomorrow.

Okay fellow Nebraskans, public hearings begin tomorrow and run until February 29.

One significant change from past sessions! Online comments are now due by 8 am the day of the hearing, rather than noon the day before.

A thread of hearings this week (Jan 22 - Jan 26): Monday, January 22

Education Committee
LB1052 (Walz): allow teachers reimbursement of up to $300 for qualified school supplies

Submit comments here: nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bil…