Advice to the Legislature
"Get government off our backs" has been a rallying cry of the 1980s, but fifty years ago therewere similar calls to reduce the number of laws on the books. A 1931 ...
government
What We Found
The ’90 Census
Government workers will soon be enumerating Nebraskans for the 1990 Census. Results willhave practical implications--including possible refiguring of Congressional ...
An Unmerited Request
Nebraska state agencies recently submitted their budget requests for the 1991-93 fiscal year.Time will tell how these requests will be received by the Legislature and ...
Morton as Secretary of Agriculture
J. Sterling Morton was appointed secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the beginning of President Grover Cleveland's second term in 1893. The job had been ...
Should the Government Plant Trees?
The question of government supported tree planting arose a few times after the creation of Arbor Day in 1872. J. Sterling Morton, the holiday's founder, had pretty ...
The 19th-Century Nebraska Veterans Pension Fight
Governmental bureaucracy is nothing new. Almost a hundred years ago, Nebraska veterans discovered missing records and "red tape" when they applied for military pensions. ...
An Introduction to Nebraska Certified Local Governments
Every community has important historical resources and an irreplaceable historic character. Communities that participate in the Certified Local Government Program have ...
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