Feeling like Murtaugh: Too old for this stuff

I’ve found myself relating more and more lately to Roger Murtaugh from the Lethal Weapon movies.Murtaugh is one of the main characters in the film series. To be fair, I’m not out fighting crime. I’m more Clark Kent than Superman, spending my days behind a keyboard instead of chasing bad guys.

Paying tribute to our fallen soldiers

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens of Bellevue, who was killed in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury, was honored at Dover Air Force Base last weekend.

Simple ways to close the state budget gap dismissed

Way back in the day, when I was in high school, I had a summer job of mopping floors at a local hospital.Being a janitor was a really satisfying job because when you were done, you could easily see what you had accomplished, unlike a lot of other occupations.

Helping young Nebraskans discover their next opportunity

From a young age, I have been fortunate enough to have a community of people who encouraged me to take risks, explore new ideas, and pursue every opportunity available.Their support helped shape my path and opened doors I never could have imagined.

$50 Taste, $4 Balance

The hardest thing a kid will ever have to do is walk through the toy aisle at any store and know they only have a couple of dollars.Kimberly and I try to teach our kids a few life lessons along the way. One of the lessons I am still working on with them is the concept of financial responsibility.

‘SAVE America Act’ is a solution in search of a problem

One of my favorite political slogans of all time is “a solution in search of a problem.”It’s used frequently in debates at the Nebraska Legislature to describe a proposal or idea that imposes new rules and restrictions to address a problem that doesn’t exist.

The government and YOUR money

Frustrations ran high recently in our nine-member Legislative Appropriations Committee as we struggled to find ways to cut the state budget.

Honoring Nebraska’s finest & defending our homeland

This week, Nebraska lost one of our own. U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens of Bellevue was killed in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury. He enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2006, deployed twice to Kuwait, and spent nearly 20 years serving this country as a soldier and mechanic.

The birth of a legislative bill

In the summer of 2024 Central City Administrator Chris Anderson asked if I had time to stop by his office to discuss a proposal he had for a legislative bill.

Sometimes actions have unintended consequences

Actions have consequences. And those consequences can affect other people.Timmy and Charlie were playing nicely on the floor the other day . . . until they were not. What started as simple roughhousing turned into an all-out brawl.