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Isn't there some sort of legal precedent that taxes have to be applied equally? Does yesterday's ruling invalidate the "waivers"?

Incumbent Senator and former Governor Ben Nelson has fallen behind in new polling in Nebraska. The Democrat reportedly has been considering retirement, which should not be surprising at all, considering the data. Nelson has been polling poorly for a while, now. It may be at the point that Nelson's campaign would not even be able to get off of the ground. Nelson was polled against three candidates, including Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning. In two of the matchups, Nelson either led slightly or had a 6% lead. However, against Bruning, Nelson has quite the deficit. Considering that Bruning would have...

If one Senator could qualify as a poster boy for the 2012 Democratic efforts to hold the Senate, it would be Ben Nelson of Nebraska. A one-time governor of the state, Nelson won two terms in office following the retirement of Bob Kerrey by appealing to the populist and socially conservative natures of the voters, which usually goes deep red in presidential elections. His seat seemed secure until Barack Obama and Harry Reid insisted on pushing ObamaCare through Congress, coming under considerable pressure to balk at the lack of the Stupak amendment that would have added into law a ban...

The political fallout in Nebraska from the "Cornhusker Kickback" hasn't subsided. Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson and Democratic donors have spent more than $500,000 on TV ads in Omaha and elsewhere justifying the sweet exemption from Medicaid costs that was granted Nebraska in return for Mr. Nelson's vote for the ObamaCare bill. But a new Rasmussen poll finds that 64% of Nebraskans still oppose the bill, while Mr. Nelson's personal approval rating has cratered to 40% from 61% a year ago. Mr. Nelson doesn't face the voters until 2012, but this week one of his likely challengers, Nebraska State Treasurer Shane...

enator Ben Nelson has sold us out. He’s embarrassed Nebraskans. In a recent non-partisan poll, only 17% of Nebraskans said they approved of Nelson’s vote in exchange for the Medicaid provisions, while 64% oppose the current health care bill and 53% of Nebraskans are ‘Strongly Opposed’ to the bill. Nebraskans were not looking for special favors in this bill; rather all we wanted was our U.S. Senator to listen to the thousands of phone calls, emails, letters and faxes that we sent him, pleading him to vote ‘no’ on legislation that will burden our children for years to come. The...

PEDY GONE! LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Monday. KETV Newswatch 7 will air the news conference live on channel 7. KETV has learned that athletic director Steve Pederson met with Chancellor Perlman just before 1:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska

LINCOLN - The field goal Jordan Congdon didn't get to try in the Cotton Bowl took a backseat to much more serious business Thursday as the kicker withdrew from his spring-semester classes at Nebraska. Husker kicker Jordan Congdon was named a freshman All-American last year. This season he hit 5 of 7 field goals. Congdon plans to donate part of his liver to an uncle in San Diego, a procedure that temporarily will sidetrack his football career. The sophomore intends to return to NU when his recovery allows. "It was his choice, but he knew his uncle was sick," said...

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Thursday announced that he has chosen Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns to be the new secretary of agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs. "As a son of Iowa dairy farmers, he grew up close to the land," Bush said in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in announcing his nomination. "He will bring to this position a lifetime of involvement in agriculture and a long record as a faithful friend to America's farmers and ranchers." A Republican, Johanns, 54, also took the podium crediting his farm experience. "I'm very proud of my...

Center Jake Young, among NU’s most celebrated linemen, is unaccounted for after an explosion in Indonesia that killed 188. The father of former Nebraska All-American football player Jake Young fears that his son was among those killed in a pair of terrorist bombings Saturday night in Bali, Indonesia. Jacob Young of Midland, Texas, said Sunday night that his 34-year-old son was in Bali this weekend playing in a rugby tournament for a team from Hong Kong, and may have been at a nightspot and restaurant when explosions killed at least 188 people and injured more than 300. The younger Young...