LETTER: Waterboy asking for help

Water Boy is requesting help from the public. The below is in response to a comment made a week ago. “My husband delivers used aluminum irrigation pipe to Lincoln and some of the summer loads get rejected due to being to Radioactive but not on winter deliveries!

My bill to protect rural nursing homes

Across America, 1.3 million people live in nursing homes — including almost 10,000 of our fellow Nebraskans. Many of us have parents, grandparents, or other loved ones who rely on these homes for care and community in their golden years.

New trade war — like the last one — would hurt Nebraska farmers, ranchers

It’s hard to overstate the impact agriculture has on the State of Nebraska.

DEI and aviation

Years ago when I was a pilot for Delta Airlines I was on an NYC to LA flight. I was running the radios and while at cruise altitude flying through Air Traffic Control (ATC) Cleveland Center I checked in with the controller and had several routine exchanges with him.

Slow and steady wins the snow race

I do not know about you, but I could go directly from fall to spring.You can keep winter. I do not want it.It feels like as soon as I finish digging out my car and shoveling my sidewalk, I have to turn around and go back to where I started. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

Electric Vehicles Must Pay Their Fair Share

As part of its relentless climate agenda, the Biden administration imposed rules and regulations that would force Americans to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) at a breakneck pace. Today, we’re left with more electric cars on the roads, and more problems we must address.

Rolling back government overreach

The costly consequences of unnecessary, burdensome regulations represent one of the greatest threats to future American prosperity. In fact, a 2024 report produced by the Biden-Harris administration showed, in the year prior, the annual government-wide paperwork burden on Americans increased by 1.

LETTER: Reader upset over USAID shut down

For the Editor: President Trump has recently allowed Elon Musk to shut down funding for USAID.

LETTER: Thank You, Fullerton

I want to take a moment to say thank you. Serving as Fullerton’s City Administrator for the past four years has been an incredible journey I never expected when I first joined the City Council in 2018.

A look at this year’s pro-life bills

Earlier this month I joined thousands of others to participate in the Nebraska Walk for Life at our State Capitol in Lincoln. It was encouraging to join with many of my fellow state senators and our Washington delegation in this important event.