Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. ET Oct. 31 on their recent visit to the U.S.–Mexico border.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Monday canceled a proposed special session of the state legislature intended to reduce the current abortion ban from 20 weeks to 12 weeks. Ricketts’s decision came after Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers indicated in a letter that an insufficient number of state senators would vote to amend Nebraska’s abortion laws. […]
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said he intends to call for a special state legislative session to fully outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Nebraska is a pro-life state. I believe life begins at conception,” the Republican governor told CNN’s “State of the Union” on May 15. “If Roe v. […]
Last month, Nebraska reported a new record-low unemployment rate in December, 1.7 percent, the lowest in the nation since data collection began in 1976. In an exclusive interview with NTD, Governor Pete Ricketts explained how Nebraska made it possible. “It’s because we have a pro-business state here,” Ricketts told “NTD Business” in an interview broadcast […]
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican, has signed an executive order barring state agencies from enforcing President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates on state employees. “President Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate is a stunning violation of personal freedom and abuse of the federal government’s power,” Ricketts said in an Oct. 29 statement. While Ricketts encouraged Nebraskans […]
Nearly all Republican-led states have voiced opposition to the vaccine mandate announced by President Joe Biden last week. Many of them have vowed to fight the mandate in court, but held back on voicing specific legal strategies as details of the Biden administration’s policy remain unknown. The mandate would require businesses with more than 100 employees […]
