Opinion

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith

Our children are our future

This summer, I have been grateful for the opportunity to welcome Third District students visiting Washington to the U.S. Capitol Building. Its iconic architecture stands as an enduring reminder of American freedom and opportunity.
Loren Lippincott

Loren Lippincott

The scope of the special session

Our special legislative session on property tax relief as called for by Gov. Jim Pillen is underway. According to our state constitution, only the governor may call for a special session.
And now for something completely different…

And now for something completely different…

And now for something completely different…

As we all know, state legislators have been called back to Lincoln for a special session this summer to tackle the state’s high property taxes.As has been written here before, good luck with that.
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Summer was fun while it lasted.Kids are heading back to school this week and athletes have returned to their sports. Let the fun begin.Don’t get me wrong. I have enjoyed relaxing the last couple of months. I even found time to take my family on vacation.But now the real fun begins.
A shameful deal

A shameful deal

A shameful deal

Buried in a flurry of news stories last week was another bad decision by the Biden-Harris administration — a shameful one. They attempted to strike a plea deal with the engineers of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.
The border catastrophe hurts Nebraska

The border catastrophe hurts Nebraska

The border catastrophe hurts Nebraska

Our country faces a safety, drug, and humanitarian catastrophe at the southern border.Yet the impacts of it are felt much closer to home. Since 2021, the Biden-Harris administration’s open borders policy has encouraged more than 10 million people to try to cross the border illegally.
Losing the pathway to growth

Losing the pathway to growth

Losing the pathway to growth

Severe inflation, stock market turbulence, and troubling workforce data have driven recent economic concerns for American families already struggling to make ends meet. Moreover, our national debt has swelled to surpass $35 trillion — $12.
Rick Holtz

Rick Holtz

Will they / won’t they debate only goes so far

We are just one week and change away from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly crowned running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, will be officially nominated at the convention, which runs from Aug. 19-22.
Paul Hammel

Paul Hammel

Summertime, and living isn’t so easy at the Capitol

Summer is usually a relaxing time in Lincoln.College students have left, state lawmakers have gone home, the weather gets hot, the backyard tomatoes get ripe, and the biggest debate around town is whether this is the year the Huskers become relevant again in football.
Loren Lippincott

Loren Lippincott

Biden Title 9 rewrite goes wrong

In June of 1972 President Richard Nixon signed into the federal civil rights law Title 9 which gave young women the same access to classes and sports as young men enjoyed.