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Women's Commission awards luncheon March 10
2/15/2006
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Women’s Commission is hosting an awards luncheon in recognition of the 30th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Milo Mumgaard, executive director for the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Erasmus Correll Award);
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Council approves LES rate hike, increase in fees
2/6/2006
Despite pleas from human services agencies and others not to burden the poor with late charges and other fees, the Lincoln City Council on Monday passed a rate package to help the Lincoln Electric System pay for more than $9 million in unexpected power costs
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Cycle Of Poverty
2/5/2006
People wonder if Nebraska welfare system is self-defeating
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Bill would reverse child care cuts
2/5/2006
When Nebraska's tax receipts declined at the beginning of the decade, families that relied on state help to pay for child care took a hit. Now that tax revenue has turned around, State Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln is pushing a bill that would reverse the cuts in child care subsidies made through a budget veto in 2002. Other parents have turned down pay raises and promotions that would put them over the 120 percent mark, said Becky Gould of the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest.
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Lawmakers target 'family cap' Eliminating the welfare provision is one of two proposals being considered to restore aid to low-income Nebraskans.
2/5/2006
State Sen. John Synowiecki of Omaha has 760 arguments against a state policy capping benefits for families that have more children after going on welfare. That's the number of children who would be directly helped, he says, by his proposal to eliminate the state's 12-year-old "family cap" policy. Still, the possibility that economic pressure could encourage abortion was one reason, Synowiecki said, that he agreed to introduce the bill when the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest proposed it to him.
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Rally urges changes in immigration laws Fighting restrictive proposals now in Congress will be a "long haul," an advocate says.
2/4/2006
A candlelit march kicked off an Omaha rally in which about 200 people were urged Thursday night to work for legal changes favorable to immigrants. "It's going to be a long haul," Gerschutz said at the event, which was co-sponsored by Nebraska Appleseed, a Lincolnbased group that focuses on public policy related to low-income self-sufficiency.
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Medicaid reform plan gets chilly reception
10/1/2005
Appleseed warns some options could limit health care for the needy.
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Citizenship should be goal, advocates say
9/1/2005
Immigration reform should include a pathway to citizenship for workers who are contributing to the economy, a statewide coalition argued Wednesday.
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