Nebraska Could Be the Next Red State to Raise the Minimum Wage
Voters in Nebraska will soon decide whether to be the next state to pass a higher minimum wage.
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Voters in Nebraska will soon decide whether to be the next state to pass a higher minimum wage.
“From abortion and Medicaid expansion, to raising the minimum wage and enacting police accountability, there is enormous potential for progressive issues to win big in November regardless of which candidates prevail."
In response to the success of progressive ballot measures on issues like Medicaid expansion and minimum wage, several state legislatures have moved to make citizen-initiated ballot measures more difficult to pass.
The “yes” campaign has raised over $200,000 from the ACLU and the Fairness Project, a social welfare nonprofit which advocates for ballot measures around the country. The “Yes on A” website says the measure is necessary to “protect the public from sheriffs who break the law."
The ad tells the story of an uninsured leukemia patient named Sarah. “My first hospital bill was over $70,000. I remember thinking, I cannot afford to live,” she says.
The speakers called attention to major issues before voters in the midterm elections and discussed the enormous potential of ballot measures to create change, despite gridlock in Congress and state legislatures, on key policy issues.
Arizona voters will decide this November whether to enact strong protections against predatory medical debt collectors, including capping interest rates and shielding assets like homes and cars.
In a crucial decision today, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled to allow Michigan citizens to vote reproductive freedom, including the right to an abortion, into their state constitution this year.
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