Shutting out media, denying access, leads to bad results

There’s an old saying about government — “what is said isn’t so, it’s what is so isn’t said.”So that means that someone — maybe a state auditor, maybe a whistleblower, but often a news reporter — needs to dig in and find out what is really happening with our tax dollars.

Cattle producers need certainty

American farmers and ranchers work hard to provide the world with high-quality, nutritious, and affordable food options, all while dealing with many challenges outside of their control.

Stopping at nothing to deliver for Nebraska and protect our nation

It’s been nearly three weeks since Democrats voted to shut down the federal government. The frustration across the country is real — and I share it. But when moments like this arise, I remind myself why I came to Washington in the first place.

Free markets are essential for freedom

Statistics show that across the nation 69 percent of students entering college believe socialism is a positive economic framework. By the time they graduate that number will have grown to 75 percent who view socialism positively.

Watch the right hook

It’s been a while since I’ve been punched in the face. Actually, it’s been ever. Until the other day.I wasn’t looking for trouble. I wasn’t in a shady part of town or covering a heated game gone wrong. I was just minding my own business when it happened — quick, clean, and completely unexpected.

Tax cheats ‘hit the jackpot’ with layoff of agents

None of us like paying taxes.But even the Bible says we’re supposed to (“Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” is how I remember it).

Building a ‘Charlie Kirk’ legacy

This country is the greatest in the history of the world – free, strong, resilient, a land of unending opportunity. The American people are blessed beyond measure, but the brazen, public assassination of Charlie Kirk just over a month ago knocked all of us back onto our heels.

Ideological demands put rural healthcare at risk

It is now nearly one month since the House passed its clean continuing resolution to keep open the federal government. On September 19, House Republicans did our job. We passed legislation which would have prevented—and still could immediately end—the shutdown.

‘Mammals,’ those in power, can’t always resist temptation

A state senator – who will remain unnamed – once told me that “we’re all mammals” in reference to a sex scandal at the State Capitol.Another senator had been caught using a state computer to, shall we say, do something naughty while watching a woman do something naughty online.

The need for clean water

Groundwater is a critical resource in Nebraska where it serves as a primary source of drinking water for approximately 85 percent of the state’s population and supports extensive agricultural irrigation, particularly in the Great Plains region.