Tag: Nebraska

Country Star Helps Clean Up Damage from Nebraska Tornado

A catastrophic tornado outbreak unleashed its fury across several states in the nation’s Heartland this past weekend, leveling neighborhoods and businesses and upending countless lives. The multi-day event produced dozens of tornadoes, some rated as strong as EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with peak winds over 200 mph. CNN reported, the frenzy started on […]

Maine and Nebraska Going Tit-For-Tat Over Trump? – HotAir

The next battle in the new civil war may not be North vs. South, but rather East vs. Midwest. Republicans in Nebraska’s legislature have been working to enact a change to the state’s electoral college rules, making it the 49th state to award it’s presidential electors in a winner-take-all fashion. The only other state to […]

Electoral College War Between Maine and Nebraska – PJ Media

There’s a war brewing between Maine and Nebraska over both states’ practice of awarding electoral votes based on which candidate wins individual congressional districts.  The Nebraska unicameral legislature is ready to make their state a “winner-take-all” electoral state, giving one more electoral vote to Donald Trump. In the past, […]

Severe weather, tornadoes cause chaos and damage in Nebraska, Iowa

OMAHA, Neb. — Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Nebraska. As of Friday night, there were several reports of injuries but no immediate deaths reported. Tornado warnings continued to be issued into the night […]

Maine, Nebraska Ready to Dump How They Award Electoral Votes

The only two states that apportion Electoral College votes in presidential races by congressional district are poised to scrap what makes them unique.  In these systems, presidential candidates get one electoral vote for each congressional district they win in the state. Unlike in other states, the Democratic, Republican, and other party candidates could end up […]