Voters get a chance in 2026 to amend term limits to three terms instead of two

Back in the day, I used to shake my head while watching state lawmakers work late into the night – sometimes till midnight – to get legislation passed at the end of a session.

“You couldn’t pay me enough to do that kind of work for 12- to 15 hours,” I’d think to myself.

Actually, the pay for state senators is $12,000-a-year, plus some per-diems for expenses and (as they say around Lincoln) “all you …