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 can eat and drink." The salary hasn't changed since 1988.

It takes some patience and endurance to work that long each day, and it always occurred to me that the best decisions aren't made late at ni...