Cashier: Manny Paz
Speaker: Senator Burke Harr
Topic: New Tax on Internet Sales and Term Limits
Bio: Senator Burke Harr represents District 8 in Omaha, which includes the Benson and Dundee neighborhoods as well as the neighborhoods surrounding Creighton Preparatory School where he attended high school. Senator Harr received his Bachelors in Political Science in 1994 at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He continued his education at the University of Notre Dame Law School receiving his J.D. in 1998. Following graduation, Senator Harr returned to Nebraska to clerk for the Nebraska Court of Appeals for one year before serving as a Douglas County prosecutor for four years. He was elected to the legislature in 2010. Senator Harr currently works at Houghton Bradford Whitted in Omaha where he resides with his wife, Jennifer, and three children Rita, 10, Gussie 8, and Ambrose 4.
