Nebraska

If only "states with the death penalty spent half as much time developing policy to support people in their lives as they did figuring out ways to kill people"

"Will Catholic [Gov. Pete Ricketts], who spends a lot of time talking about his 'pro-life values,' heed the words of Pope Francis by cancelling the experimental execution scheduled for August 14 in Nebraska?" asks Sister Helen Prejean

"Once again, the Trump administration is attempting to take a shortcut around the legally required review process on Keystone XL, putting our communities at risk for the sake of propping up the Canadian tar sands industry."

"We want to protect this land," said the tribe's state chairman. "We don't want to see a pipeline go through."

Such provisions, permitted by the Trump administration, "do very little to cut costs and do very much to stigmatize and punish people—especially poor people and people with disabilities," noted one critic

Ahead of midterms, TransCanada has poured several thousand dollars into the GOP governor's and state lawmakers' election efforts

"TransCanada has many hurdles still ahead on Keystone XL, and if they ever run out, thousands of people have promised to be the biggest one."

"By siding with a Canadian company rather than their own constituents, Nebraska's commissioners are endangering our nation's water and climate."

"That the Nebraska commissioners won't consider safety in their decision on Keystone XL should alarm everyone."