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Your voice is important in ensuring that we are building a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive Nebraska.
Urge the Omaha City Council to Restore Fair Wages for Omaha workers
On Tuesday, June 16, the Omaha City Council will hold a public hearing on Councilmember Danny Begley’s proposal to ensure that Omaha residents are paid a fair wage by restoring the protections the state legislature removed this year.
Councilmember Begley’s proposed ordinance would reestablish the wage laws that Omaha voters widely supported by ensuring youth workers are paid a fair wage and removing the harmful cap on annual cost of living increases for workers in Omaha.
We need to send an emphatic message to the Omaha City Council. They must uphold the will of Omaha voters, reinstate the critical wage protections we passed in 2022, and protect the right of Omaha workers to earn a fair wage by supporting this ordinance. Please email your Omaha City Councilmember today to make your voice heard!
Tell Congress the Farm Bill must strengthen SNAP
The House Agriculture Committee recently advanced its version of the Farm Bill (the Farm, Food & National Security Act) out of committee, and it is likely to go to the House floor for a vote soon. The House’s Farm Bill does nothing to restore food assistance to the 10,000 Nebraskans who have already lost their food assistance since H.R.1 (or the”One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) passed. H.R.1 made unprecedented changes to SNAP – changing how SNAP is funded, cutting $187 billion and stripping away eligibility from many. Now, the Senate is starting to write their version of the Farm Bill.
We need a Farm Bill that matches Nebraska’s values – a Farm Bill that gets food to the people who need it most and restores the loss in SNAP assistance for thousands of Nebraskans recently cut off. Call or edit the email template to the right and tell your Nebraska members of Congress to not advance any version of the Farm Bill that doesn’t strengthen SNAP!
Tell Congress NO to billions more for ICE violence
Congress is currently considering a bill that goes around the normal budget process to give ICE and CBP (and the ballroom) an additional $72 billion. These funds would come on top of an unprecedented $170 billion allocated just last year to dramatically expand ICE and CBP operations, which has funded mass detentions and shocking violence against people, substantially destabilized communities, and harmed working moms, dads, and neighbors.
Call or email your members of Congress TODAY to let them know you strongly oppose additional billions of our tax dollars on top of last year’s unprecedented billions for out-of-control ICE agents and a national plan for mass detention that is destabilizing communities and harming working moms, dads, and neighbors.
Tell Nebraska to Press Pause on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements
On June 1, the federal government released a rule directing states on how to implement the Medicaid expansion work reporting requirements. Nebraska’s bad decision to implement work requirements before this rule was released – eight months before required by law – is already causing mass chaos and confusion as people try to get the health coverage they need.
This new federal rule adds even more punitive and burdensome restrictions to Medicaid beyond what Nebraska has implemented. It directly targets people with disabilities, mental health conditions, and medical needs like cancer and HIV – hurting Nebraskans who need health care most. The new rule takes a bad situation and makes matters much worse.
Sign the petition today to tell Nebraska to press pause and join the rest of the states in implementing the work requirements in January 2027.
ARE YOU DEALING WITH A SNAP OVERPAYMENT?
You’re not alone. SNAP benefits are supposed to reduce food insecurity for low-income Nebraskans, not increase their financial hardship. Unfortunately, we know that around 7,000 Nebraska households deal with a SNAP overpayment (approximately $6.5 million) every year, often through no fault of their own. You can share your experience regarding Nebraska SNAP overpayments with us at Nebraska Appleseed. If you choose to fill out this form, our team might reach out to you to discuss your SNAP overpayment experience further.
We also have additional information available on our SNAP Overpayments page.
We need policy change, NOT punishment – It’s time for positive immigration laws!
Recently Governor Jim Pillen announced that ICE plans to repurpose a facility in McCook, Nebraska, as a large-scale federal detainment camp to incarcerate up to 300 immigrant community members from Nebraska and surrounding states.
This is not who we are. Nebraska is a state that welcomes our neighbors and values the contributions of local moms, dads, coworkers, neighbors, and friends.
The country’s immigration laws have not been meaningfully updated in nearly 40 years. Call or email Nebraska’s members of Congress to tell them it’s time for positive, updated immigration laws that create stability for local families and communities.
You can use the example script provided. Choose a few points that matter most to you.
We Want To Hear Your Health Care Story!
Your Voice Makes a Difference. The work that we do at Nebraska Appleseed is driven by hearing from Nebraskans like you. Our Health Care Access Program is fighting for quality health care that is affordable and accessible for all.
By sharing your story with us, it helps us ensure that our work is community led, strengthens our calls for change by connecting policies to the lives of real Nebraskans, and builds community power by pushing for policies that actually serve our communities.
We need policy change, NOT punishment – It’s time for positive immigration laws!
Recently Governor Jim Pillen announced that ICE plans to repurpose a facility in McCook, Nebraska, as a large-scale federal detainment camp to incarcerate up to 300 immigrant community members from Nebraska and surrounding states.
This is not who we are. Nebraska is a state that welcomes our neighbors and values the contributions of local moms, dads, coworkers, neighbors, and friends.
The country’s immigration laws have not been meaningfully updated in nearly 40 years. Call or email Nebraska’s members of Congress to tell them it’s time for positive, updated immigration laws that create stability for local families and communities.
You can use the example script provided. Choose a few points that matter most to you.