Governor calls for ‘pedal to the metal’ in seeking more federal funds

Years ago, I had the pleasure of covering the dedication of a new, $17-million bridge spanning the Missouri River east of Niobrara.The bridge was named after Chief Standing Bear, whose people, the Poncas, once ruled over that area of northeast Nebraska.

Nebraska’s energy needs are growing

As economies grow, so does the need for electrical power. Research shows a 90 percent correlation between the use of electricity in our country and our economic growth. Meanwhile, electrical power is vital to every aspect of modern life in America. Just imagine your world without electricity.

Electoral certification played a cruel joke

This week our nation moved one step closer to a second Trump Administration.On Monday, Jan. 6, Congress had to certify the results of last November’s election. I’m into that sort of thing, so I watch along online as the House and the Senate counted the electoral vote.

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View From the Sideline

As we enter the new year, I have a simple question for you: Are you better today than you were yesterday?I know it is an open-ended question. Better at what?Anything. Everything. The question stems from the idea what the only constant in life is that everything is changing.

Representing You

With the opening of the 2025 session of the Nebraska Legislature only days away on Jan. 8, I have been asked several questions by constituents and members of the media about the upcoming session. In this column I will list some of those questions and my responses.

LETTER: Reader imagines interaction with Sen. Lippincott

I just read Loren Lippincott’s column recommending Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. It put me in mind if a dialogue Captain Lippincott might have had with a passenger while flying his plane.Passenger: I have some really good ideas about how you should fly this plane.

New choices ahead in education

With America’s education system coming under fire at all levels regarding everything from declining academic standards to the indoctrination of woke ideologies by government-sponsored schools, it’s obvious a new direction is needed.

Speaker of the Legislature offers plan to maintain access for inspector generals

A wise, old soul once told me that “the story of government isn’t that what is said isn’t so, it’s that what is so isn’t said.”That, over and over, has proven true in years of digging into stories and actions of state government.

Don’t leave Christmas in December

We are days away from changing over to a new year and putting a new calendar on the wall.Don’t leave Christmas in December. Take it with you into January and beyond.It is so easy to take down the Christmas tree and put all the decorations back into storage.