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December 18, 2018
Individual liberty is a foundational principle for our country. One of the biggest threats to our personal freedoms is the expanded size and scope of government at all levels. Before World War II, government spending in the United States was about 12 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Today, combined federal, state, and local government spending is about 35 percent of GDP. Regulation is another measure of how much government has grown. According to the Mercatus Center at Georgetown ... read more
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December 17, 2018
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced the appointment of Andrew La Grone, an attorney and small business owner from Gretna, to fill an upcoming vacancy in Legislative District 49.
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December 17, 2018
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts named his Chief Human Resources Officer, Jason Jackson, as the next Director of the Department of Administrative Services (DAS). Jackson brings extensive public and private sector experience.
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December 17, 2018
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts and Major General Daryl Bohac joined more than 100 members of the Nebraska Army and Air National Guard to mark the National Guard’s 382nd birthday and Nebraska National Guard’s 164th birthday.
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December 12, 2018
OMAHA – Today, Governor Ricketts and First Lady Susanne Shore, along with leaders from Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Nebraska Children and Families Foundation (NCFF), and the community, helped celebrate Bring Up Nebraska’s successes as well as a major child welfare grant. Bring Up Nebraska is a statewide prevention effort to give local communities the ability to keep life’s challenges from becoming a crisis for vulnerable Nebraska families and ... read more
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December 12, 2018
LINCOLN – The Judicial Nominating Commission for the District Court, Ninth Judicial District (Buffalo and Hall counties) provided the following two names for the Governor’s consideration: Andrew C. Butler, Hastings and Ryan C. Carson, Kearney.
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December 12, 2018
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that President Donald J. Trump had appointed him to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
