First Street is making a profit at the expense of the value of Nebraskans’ homes. First Street passes off misleading and often inaccurate climate speculation in a way that drives down home values and increases costs and frustrations for…
Mike Hilgers
The Public Record
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August 28, 2026
First Street’s inaccurate data and analysis has harmed everyday Nebraskans who are seeking to sell and buy homes.…
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by number of sources- Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country. If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.4 sources2026dailycaller.com
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If the City Council and City Clerk do not agree to obey their constitutional duty, we will be forced to consider immediate legal action to ensure that Nebraskans residing in Lincoln can exercise their constitutional right to vote on…
Every case has their own life. Every case has their own set of facts. Every case is a little bit different.
Cheating doesn’t win needs to resonate at the top of petition campaigns.
We have achieved some of the most important relief … both for the state to help abate the impact of social media on kids, but also to empower parents to help protect kids.
We will apply the same standard and the same rules, and we’ll have the same energy and the same fervor to enforce the laws in the State of Nebraska, no matter who.
Our Constitution does not permit the City of Omaha to repeal any portion of a statewide law passed by the Legislature.
It is a sad period in Nebraska history that we’ve had this much fraud in our petition process.
We’ll have the same energy and the same fervor to enforce the laws in the State of Nebraska, no matter who.
If there is a time at which I do not think that I can follow the law and discharge my duties, of course, the only thing for me to do is to recuse myself.
Nebraska will finally have the opportunity to prove that Colorado has violated the Compact and to hold Colorado accountable for depriving Nebraska of water that rightfully belongs to our state.
Nothing in this analysis should be interpreted as opining on whether the medical cannabis regulations would be constitutional in a future, fact-bound, as-applied challenge.
As to constitutionality, I conclude that the medical cannabis regulations do not clearly violate the state or federal Constitutions on their face.
If the Nebraska Supreme Court (or a district court on remand) concludes that the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act did not receive enough signatures to be placed on the ballot, the Act would no longer be good law, and any medical…
I think one of our great problems in our political culture today is when people don’t get the outcome that they want, then they are trying to achieve it by other means.
If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.
“Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country. If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities,”
Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country. If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.
My hope is that we’ll be successful at the district court level with the court, and that Omaha will not decide to do what Lincoln did.
I think this may be the most consequential lawsuit that this office will be a part of in my generation. It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of the South Platte River to the future of the state of Nebraska.





