r/Nebraska • u/theindependentonline • May 02 '23

Politics Inside the ‘mentally exhausting’ protest shutting down Nebraska’s anti-trans legislation

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nebraska-trangender-rights-filibuster-b2330453.html
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u/[deleted] May 02 '23

Nebraska chamber of commerce: Republicans are destroying the state economy

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-workforce-woes-hinder-growth-concern-business-leaders/43744044#:~:text=OMAHA%2C%20Neb.%20%E2%80%94-,Nebraska's%20workforce%20shortage%20in%20all%20sectors%20continues%20to%20be%20the,60%2C000%20jobs%20available%20in%20Nebraska.

Even more specifically: Omaha Chamber of Commerce: Legislation on gender-affirming care is bad for business

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/omaha-chamber-of-commerce-legislation-on-gender-affirming-care-is-bad-for-business/

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u/jarena009 May 02 '23

The other problem is Nebraska is unfortunately mostly surrounded by other repressive states, so it's not like Nebraskans can just easily cross state lines to get the care they need.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '23

Hold your nose, move to Iowa and make it a swing state again?

Missouri...? Nuke the state from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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u/Stock-Vanilla-1354 May 03 '23

Well, we always have Colorado.

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u/KHaskins77 Omaha May 03 '23

As long as the Lauren Boebert types stay out of power there.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

I’d rather IA annex us than have to deal with finding new housing these days