Windbreaks Boost Wildlife and Pheasants on Conservation Farms
The article explains how soil and water conservation practices like windbreaks support wildlife, including pheasants, by providing cover, feeding lanes, and nesting areas. It notes growing windbreak plantings in Polk County and urges conservation soil work and landowner cooperation ahead of hunting season and next spring planting. The Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Board meets October 30 in Osceola.
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County Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Osceola
Constitutional amendments on education and court jurisdiction
Provisions to rename normal schools as colleges with governing body naming by Legislature. Authority to consolidate county offices across two or more counties with disapproval rights by affected counties. Proposal for Supreme Court original jurisdiction in certain state officer elections.
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Supreme Court
Proposed Amendment to call special elections for constitutional votes
A proposal seeks to amend the legislature to require special elections to submit proposed constitutional amendments to voters. The measure outlines when and how such elections would be triggered and conducted.
Amendment Proposal 6 on personal property taxation
Proposed amendment allows Legislature to classify personal property and exempt any class or all personal property from taxation. This measure grants tax relief flexibility by defining categories and granting broad exemptions to reduce tax burdens on selected property types.
Proposed Amendments Open Nebraska Legislative Ballot
A historical clipping outlines multiple proposed amendments to Nebraska law including redistricting for university regents, public utility corporations, uniform legislative pay changes, homestead tax exemptions, education loans, highway bond authorizations, and legislator salaries. The list specifies increases, exemptions, and state guarantees to be voted on by the Legislature and electorate.
Proposed Amendment No 8 Promotes Charitable Lotteries and Raffles
The measure would authorize lotteries raffles and promotional gifts solely for business promotion with profits directed to charitable or community improvement efforts and not to individual promoters.
Proposed Amendment on Parole Board and Pardon Power
Legislative proposal calls for establishing a Board of Parole with member qualifications set by law. It also transfers pardon authority to a Governor Attorney General and Secretary of State acting as a board.
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Board of Parole
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Oscar Sundberg
Gene Bauer
Sutton
Les Bauer
Ed Saylor
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Rasmussen
Roy Stubbendick
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