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Why did Nebraska decide to have a unicameral government?

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Its members are "senators." The legislature is officially unicameral and nonpartisan, making Nebraska unique among U.S. states; no other state has either a unicameral or a nonpartisan legislative body. With 49 members, it is also the smallest legislature of any U.S. state. read more

The Nebraska Unicameral would have easy-to-follow procedures and extend greater privileges to the press to allow for greater public awareness. "Every act of the legislature and every act of each individual must be transacted in the spotlight of publicity," Norris said. read more

U.S senator George William Norris is considered the founder of the Nebraska Unicameral legislature. He and other advocates of the unicameral system believed that it allowed for simpler and more efficient bill to law process, without having each body to pass a given bill separately. read more

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