Opinion

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.

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. Violent criminals, suspected terrorists, and deadly drugs like fentanyl have poured in. Even when these people are apprehended, the Biden administration is often releasing many of them into our country. Once released, illegal aliens can go anywhere in the U.S. This has made every state, including Nebraska, a border state. The consequences can be devastating.

d.C . Major wins for online child safety Since their creation, social media platforms have connected people and communities.

Last week, the White House announced a radical set of policy proposals to remake the Supreme Court of the United States. The proposals include reducing the length of time Supreme Court justices serve to 18-year terms and stripping former presidents of their immunity from prosecution for their actions in office. The latter is in plain opposition to a recent Supreme Court decision and would require passage of a constitutional amendment.

WashingtOn d.C . Many brave Americans lost in World War II have yet to return home, and their remains rest far away from the homeland for which they gave their lives.

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.

eWs by Senator Tom Brewer CSC has been reinstated I have really good news for Western Nebraska. The ROTC program at Chadron State College will be reinstated.

WashingtOn d.C . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently came to Washington to address Congress.

During the recent Nebraska Game and Park Commission’s meeting in Ogallala, they announced a new species hunting season will begin in 2025. There will be two seasons for mountain lions. The first season will begin in January and end in February. If a female has not been harvested, a second season March 15-31 will be held.

Could Nebraska become a destination for climate migrants? Rural communities across Nebraska have struggled with population loss for decades. The last census indicated that of the state’s 93 counties, 69 had lost population between 2010 and 2020.