Should state legislatures be unicameral?

[LabourJersey]

Like Nebraska?

We know the senate exists to give smaller states a bigger voice, but why do states need a senate?
Only one is needed.

To give a bigger voice to less populated regions in a state. Let the States decide whether their legislatures are unicameral or not.

Why should less populated regions have a bigger voice?  Are people there more important than other people?

Exactly--upper houses existed typically to give an outsized vote those in rural areas compared to urban areas. Like many aspects of 1780s republicanism, this sort of structure is totally useless for modern politics. Bicameralism does nothing for the legislature but make it more difficult to pass laws.

This is also why I would replace Congress with a unicameral, parliamentary MMP House of Representatives if i could, though I doubt even a constitutional convention is feasible politically, much less that sort of reform.

[IceAgeComing]

Select upper houses by sortition.

This is something that I'm a big fan on in theory; I'm not convinced that it would work in practice.  Certainly the people chosen for the Upper House would need to be given a great deal of information to ensure that they made decisions on the actual facts rather than the rubbish that you often see in the media; and certainly you'd have to limit some foreign policy decisions to the government and the lower house most likely unless you do a full security check on everyone who gets drawn.

[Lachi]

Keep the upper house, but elect it by PR