Nebraska

Nebraska is also the name of a 1982 album by Bruce Springsteen, widely considered one of his best. In the mid 1990s, the team continually tried to rebuild, as the Nets brought in star after star, only to see them fail. Players, such as Stephon Marbury, Kendall Gill, Keith Van Horn, and Jayson Williams each played for the Nets a few seasons before being traded again. The USS Nebraska was named in honor of this State. However, the team failed to advance in the playoffs, and after the stunning death of Petrovic, the others were traded. State Song: Beautiful Nebraska. However, the next few seasons yielded a shift from veterans to young players, as the Nets acquired Derrick Coleman, Drazen Petrovic, and Kenny Anderson. It is located on the edge of Tornado Alley. Led by Darryl Dawkins, Buck Williams, Otis Birdsong, and Michael Ray Richardson, the team finally had a winning season and advanced into the playoffs, beating the Philadelphia 76ers before falling to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Nebraska generally has cold winters and warm summers. In the 1983-1984 season, though, the Nets fielded what was believed to be their best team since joining the NBA. The religious affiliations of the people of Nebraska are:. The next few years were disappointing, as the Nets compiled losing season after losing season, never advancing in the playoffs. The five largest ancestry groups in Nebraska are: German (38.6%), Irish (12.4%), English (9.6%), Swedish (4.9%), Czech (4.9%). The year after the Nets joined the NBA, the franchise relocated to New Jersey, becoming the New Jersey Nets. The racial makeup of the state is:. The next season the ABA merged to form the NBA. Hampered by contract disputes, the Nets were forced to send Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers, ending a highly-promising era.

According to the Census Bureau, as of 2003, the population of Nebraska was 1,739,291. After a grueling series with the Denver Nuggets, the Nets won the championship series and could boast their second championship in three years. Nebraska is known for its agriculture, especially beef and corn (aka maize). Erving again led them to a successful 55-win season; he also was named MVP again that year. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that Nebraska's total state product in 2003 was $66 billion. Per capital personal income in 2003 was $30,179, 24^th in the nation. However, the team rebounded in the 1975-1976 season. Nebraska is one of the six states of the Frontier Strip. The next season also looked to be promising, but the Nets were stunned early on in the playoffs and were denied their second championship.

Indeed, one of Nebraska's mottos is "Where the West begins", and a local legend even has it that the West begins precisely at the intersection of 13th and O Streets in Lincoln (where it is marked by a red brick star). After Erving was declared the ABA's MVP, the Nets advanced in the playoffs and won their first ever ABA title. The eastern portion of the State could be considered part of the "Midwest", while the western and central portions are part of the "West", although the distinction between these regions is somewhat fluid. In the 1973-1974, with Erving, the Nets dramatically improved their record to a 55- win season. In regional terms, Nebraska is located in the Great Plains, at the westernmost extent of the Grain Belt. J". The state has 93 counties; see List of Nebraska counties. In the 1973 offseason, however, the Nets acquired Julius Erving, known as "Dr.

The largest city in Nebraska is Omaha, and the capital is Lincoln. The 1972 - 1973 season was one of disappointment, as the Nets only won 30 games. Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa and Missouri to the east, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest, and Wyoming to the west. Barry left after that postseason, sending the Nets into rebuilding mode. See List of Nebraska Governors. However, they could not overcome the Indiana Pacers and lost the series four games to two. For the last four elections, Republicans have won all of Nebraska's electoral votes, and no Democrat has carried the state since Lyndon Johnson. In 1972, two years after the acquisition of star Rick Barry, the Nets advanced to the ABA finals.

Since 1991, two of Nebraska's five electoral votes are awarded based on the winner of the statewide election; the other three go to the highest vote-getter in each of the state's three congressional districts. The team was renamed to "Nets" to rhyme with the two other professional sports team in New York: the New York Mets and New York Jets. In effect, the Assembly (the house) was abolished; as noted, today's Nebraska state legislators are referred to (especially by themselves) as "Senators". Originally called the New Jersey Americans, the team changed its name and location to become the New York Nets. Finally in 1934, due in part to the budgetary pressure of the Great Depression, Nebraska's unicameral legislature was put in place by a state initiative. The franchise was established in 1967 as part of the American Basketball Association. Nebraska's unicameral legislature today has rules that bills can contain only one subject, and must be given at least five days of consideration. In 2004, the franchise was sold to Bruce Ratner.

Votes in these committees were secretive, and would sometimes add provisions to bills that neither house had approved. The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Unicameral supporters also argued that a bicameral legislature had a significant undemocratic feature in the committees that reconciled Assembly and Senate legislation. Rod Thorn. Norris argued. Kevin Loughery. For years, United States Senator George Norris and other Nebraskans encouraged the unicameral referendum. Lawrence Frank.

The Nebraska legislature can also override a governor's veto with a 3/5ths majority, in contrast to the 2/3rds majority required in some other states. Byron Scott. The senators are elected with no party affiliation next to their names on the ballot, and the speaker and committee chairs are chosen at large, so that members of any party can be (and often are) chosen for these positions. Chuck Daly. Nebraska's Legislature is also the only one in the United States that is nonpartisan. Nenad Krstic. Although this house is known simply as the "Legislature", its members still call themselves "senators". Richard Jefferson.

Nebraska is the only state in the United States with a unicameral legislature, that is a legislature with only one house. Jason Kidd. As an example in Nebraska, Monowi, which in the 1930s had a population of 150, now (2005) has a population of one. Vince Carter. "Rural flight" as it is called has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers. 52 Buck Williams. Between 1996 and 2004 almost half a million people, nearly half with college degrees, left the six states. 32 Julius Erving.

89% of the total number of cities in those states have fewer than 3000 people; hundreds have fewer than than 1000. 25 Bill Melchionni. Nebraska, in common with five other Mid-West states (Kansas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota and Iowa), is feeling the brunt of falling populations. 23 John Williamson. [1] (http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Journals/HPR/Vol06/nhrv06pc.html). 4 Wendell Ladner. The adoption of national prohibition in 1918 with Nebraska as the thirty-sixth state necessary to make prohibition a part of our constitution. 3 Drazen Petrovic.

The National Arbor Day Foundation is still headquartered in Nebraska City. Richard Jefferson. Arbor Day began in Nebraska. Vince Carter. At that time, the capital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster, later renamed Lincoln after the recently assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Jason Kidd. Nebraska became the 37th state in 1867, shortly after the Civil War. Alonzo Mourning.

Many of the first farm settlers built their homes out of sod because they found so few trees on the grassy land. Keith Van Horn. In the 1860s, the first great wave of homesteaders poured into Nebraska to claim free land granted by the federal government. Kenyon Martin. The territorial capital of Nebraska was Omaha. Stephon Marbury. The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854 which established the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas. Kerry Kittles.

Much of the history of the State is the story of the impact of the Nebraska farmer. Armon Gilliam. Nebraskans have practiced scientific farming to turn the Nebraska prairie into a land of ranches and farms. Kendall Gill. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now a leading farming state. Yinka Dare. Nebraska a midwestern State of the United States, Nebraska gets its name from a Native American (Oto) word meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the State. Chris Childs.

Chokecherry Places, Essays from the High Plains, Merrill Gilfillan, Johnson Press, Boulder, Colorado, trade paperback, ISBN 1-55566-227-7. Kenny Anderson. Lincoln Stars, United States Hockey League. Bob McAdoo. Omaha Beef, Arena Football. Nate Archibald. Creighton Bluejays, college basketball. Rick Barry.

Lincoln Saltdogs, minor league baseball. Drazen Petrovic. Omaha Royals, minor league baseball. Julius Erving. Nebraska Cornhuskers, college football. Columbus area.

Norfolk area. Scottsbluff-Gering area. North Platte area. Hastings area.

Fremont area. Kearney area. Grand Island area. Lincoln metropolitan area.

Omaha metropolitan area (including Bellevue, Papillion, and La Vista). Interstate 680 (North Omaha loop). Interstate 480 (Metro Omaha loop). Interstate 180 (Lincoln spur).

Interstate 129. Interstate 76. Interstate 80. No Religion – 9%.

Non-Christian Religions – 1%. Other Christian – 1%. Roman Catholic – 28%. Other Protestants/general Protestant – 21%.

Presbyterian – 4%. Baptist – 9%. Methodist – 11%. Lutheran – 16%.

Protestant – 61%