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20S BY MORNING. BACK TO YOU. HAPPENING TODAY IN THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE, LAWMAKERS FORMALLY TAKE ACTION AGAINST OMAHA STATE SENATOR MIKAELA KAVANAGH. THEY SAY HER ACTIONS LAST MONTH WHEN REMOVING DISPLAYS IN THE STATE CAPITOL WERE RASH. SENATOR KAVANAGH APOLOGIZED AGAIN TODAY, BUT SAYS THE DISPLAYS, RECOGNIZING THE US’S 250TH BIRTHDAY WERE NOT PROPERLY APPROVED. THAT WAS MY ACTION AND I HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. BUT I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING UP FOR THE ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR HISTORY OR THIS INSTITUTION. I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING THE PEOPLE’S CAPITOL TO TELL THE FULL STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR EXPECTING FAIR PROCESS FROM THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THIS LEGISLATURE. THE REPRIMAND IS NOT HAVING ANY ACTUAL PUNISHMENT FOR SENATOR KAVANAGH. IT’S MORE OF A SLAP ON THE WRIST. BUT BLAIR SENATOR BEN HANSON SAYS THEY TAKE THIS STUFF SERIOUSLY. WE’RE NOT JUST GOING TO LET IT SLIDE. IF THERE’S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WASN’T A SENATOR, YOU KNOW, THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD PROBABLY BE MUCH WORSE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS FOR
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Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh formally reprimanded for removing State Capitol displays
Nebraska lawmakers formally reprimanded State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh on Thursday.They said her actions last month, when removing displays in the Capitol, were rash.READ MORE: Governor calls out senator after Capitol displays removedCavanaugh apologized again Thursday, but said the displays were *not properly approved.”That was my action, and I have taken responsibility for it, but I will not apologize for speaking up for about the integrity of our history or this institution. I will not apologize for asking the people’s Capitol to tell the full story of the people of this country, and I will not apologize for expecting fair process from the governing bodies of this Legislature,” Cavanaugh said.The reprimand does not have any actual punishment for Cavanaugh; it’s more of a slap on the wrist.More coverage: State senator apologizes for taking posters, photos off walls of Nebraska’s CapitolBut State Sen. Ben Hanson said they take this stuff seriously.”We’re not just going to let it slide if it was anybody else that wasn’t a senator, you know, the consequences were probably much worse, and so we want to make sure that this was formal, it was public, and hopefully prevent some of this behavior in the future from other senators,” Hanson said.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google Search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Nebraska lawmakers formally reprimanded State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh on Thursday.
They said her actions last month, when removing displays in the Capitol, were rash.
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READ MORE: Governor calls out senator after Capitol displays removed
Cavanaugh apologized again Thursday, but said the displays were *not properly approved.
“That was my action, and I have taken responsibility for it, but I will not apologize for speaking up for about the integrity of our history or this institution. I will not apologize for asking the people’s Capitol to tell the full story of the people of this country, and I will not apologize for expecting fair process from the governing bodies of this Legislature,” Cavanaugh said.
The reprimand does not have any actual punishment for Cavanaugh; it’s more of a slap on the wrist.
More coverage: State senator apologizes for taking posters, photos off walls of Nebraska’s Capitol
But State Sen. Ben Hanson said they take this stuff seriously.
“We’re not just going to let it slide if it was anybody else that wasn’t a senator, you know, the consequences were probably much worse, and so we want to make sure that this was formal, it was public, and hopefully prevent some of this behavior in the future from other senators,” Hanson said.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google Search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
