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==Career==
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Halloran was president of the Nebraska branch of the [[National Farmers Organization]]. In this role, Halloran was critical of US President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s agricultural policy as being to favorable too ranchers and food processors and unfavorable to grain-growing farmers.<ref>Nebraska Farm Officials Criticize Reagan's Proposed Ag Cuts, The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE), 10 Jan 1989, page [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89807455/the-lincoln-star/ 1] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89807466/the-lincoln-star/ 4]</ref> Halloran was elected president of the NFO in December 1991. In that position, he advocated farmer cooperation and the development of domestic grain consumption over grain exporting.<ref>Hovey, Art. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89807620/the-lincoln-star/ Path to higher grain prices begins with pooling - NFO president], The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE), 4 Feb 1992, page 2.</ref> By 2006, however, Halloran had retired from farming and was co-owner of a HuHot Mongolian Grill restaurant in Billings, Montana.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89809145/bridge-the-billings-gazette-billings/ Bridge], The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) 5 Nov 2006, page 4D</ref>
==Politics==
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===Education===
As a state senator, Halloran has been particularly critical of education policy. In February 2017, he proposed a bill that would remove funding from the Nebraska Master Teacher program.<ref>Reist, Margaret. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89810051/beatrice-daily-sun/ Teacher reps argue for retention of master teacher program], Beatrice Daily Sun (Beatrice, NE) 2 Feb 2017, page A3</ref> In this, Halloran has frequently been allied with state senator [[Steve Erdman]]. Along with Erdman, in April 2017 Halloran was one of three senators that opposed new rules requiring Nebraska schools to expand accommodation to students with children including breastfeeding accommodations.<ref>Young, JoAnne. Breastfeeding Accommodation Bill Advances, Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE) 5 April 2017, page [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89810226/lincoln-journal-star/ B1] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89810239/lincoln-journal-star/ B2]</ref> In August of 2017, the University of Nebraska (UN) became embroiled in a controversy when a graduate student and an undergraduate student entered into a political argument related to the undergraduate's involvement in [[Turning Point USA]], a conservative education advocacy organization. After a video of the event was released, Erdman, Halloran, and state senator [[Tom Brewer]] were outspoken in criticism of the grad student and UNL that it was hostile to conservative viewpoints. A group of 70
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