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This is a portal about the governments of Nebraska, Omaha, and many counties within.
Nebraska originally operated under a bicameral legislature. Over time, defects in the bicameral system, such as bills being lost because the two houses could not agree on a single version, or worse, that the conference committees created to reconcile different versions of bills met in secret, and were thus unaccountable for their actions, became apparent.
http://www.omahawiki.org/Nebraska_legislature
- Omaha was once the capitol of the Nebraska Territory.
- Nebraska is the only state in the nation with a unicameral legislature.
- Omaha has over 20 fire department locations.
- The Senior Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is a possible 2008 presidential candidate.
- In 1986 in Nebraska, for the first time in United States history, two women ran against each other for governorship of the state.
- Nebraska's nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in 1945 to the "Cornhusker State".