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Bruning campaign asks TV stations to pull ads with “false attacks”
Jon Bruning ’s campaign says five Nebraska TV stations have pulled a super PAC’s ad from the airwaves because it falsely attacks Bruning.
It’s a rugged race to the finish in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, with Republican candidates throwing elbows as they approach the tape
Continue reading …Press Release from Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region , May 11, 2012: Tennessee has the tenth highest rate of teenage births in the United States. At Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region, we hear every day from young people who say they were never taught the facts about sex and pregnancy prevention. That’s why we were especially disappointed today to hear that Governor Bill Haslam had signed a bill that guts the state’s “family life” sexuality education program
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Democratic Senate hopeful Bob Kerrey tells Nebraska Watchdog he supports same-sex marriage; he also wants voters to know that when it comes to gay marriage he and Dick Cheney agree. One day after President Barack Obama made history announcing his support for gay marriage, Nebraska Watchdog asked Kerrey for his view on the highly controversial issue. In a statement released exclusively to Nebraska Watchdog , Kerrey echoed the President’s position including Mr.
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U.S. Senate candidate Pat Flynn has launched an all-out assault on the Omaha World-Herald for not inviting him to tonight’s debate among the top three candidates. Only Attorney General Jon Bruning , State Treasurer Don Stenberg and state Sen. Deb Fischer will attend the debate sponsored by the World-Herald
Continue reading …Labor Department’s Decision to Scrap Child Farmworker Restrictions Welcomed by Ag Interests
April 30, 2012 No Comment
Tennessee farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Obama administration retreated from a proposal to restrict the kinds of agriculture-related jobs people under the age of 18 can legally perform in America. Rhedona Rose, executive vice president for the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation , said rules proposed by the U.S.
Continue reading …Exclusive: Bruning says he Opposes Stimulus Program, which has Awarded his Office $1 million
April 27, 2012 No Comment
Jon Bruning has been critical of the Obama administration’s stimulus program, but doesn’t mention that as attorney general, his office has been awarded more than a million dollars in six grants from the economic recovery program. While campaigning for the U.S.
Continue reading …Press release from Tennessee State Employees Association; April 24, 2012: NASHVILLE – This morning the TEAM Act, the bill that reforms the state’s civil service system, was signed into law by Governor Bill Haslam. Through a bipartisan effort in the legislature and through productive negotiations with the Governor’s administration, TSEA was able to help transform the original bill into a much better piece of legislation. “State employees and their families can rest easier knowing important job protections that exist under the current civil service system are still in place in the new law”, said TSEA President Phil Morson
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Two proposed constitutional rewrites changing how Tennessee selects Supreme Court and appellate judges have been approved in the state Senate. Both measures have a long way to go before becoming law, but the competing proposals hint at divisions within the Republican Party, the Legislature and the public at large as to how the state should choose its most powerful judges
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Controversial, gun-toting rocker Ted Nugent has become an issue in a legislative race in Lincoln, where progressive blogger Kyle Michaelis is calling on conservative Colby Coash to denounce Nugent’s “hateful, political rhetoric.” Why? Because Nugent is going to be featured at a fundraiser for Coash next month in Omaha. Nugent came under fire last weekend after he said President Obama administration was “vile,” “evil” and “America-hating” at a National Rifle Association convention.
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