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Latest trial balloon from Pillen

Ebraska By Paul Hammel

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Back in the day, a small, “trial balloon” would be sent aloft to discern wind speed and direction before a balloon carrying people was launched. Folks were rightly concerned about rising into the heavens blindly, without knowing if a catastrophic whirlwind was aloft.

Independence Day: A call for renewed patriotism

U.s. Senator Deb Fischer

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Patriotism is on the decline.

Fiscal governance

Adrian Smith

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

The annual process to approve federal government spending requires Congress to pass and the president to sign 12 bills into law before the start of each fiscal year. Legislative consideration of these spending bills begins in the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and, ideally, each bill moves through the legislative process individually until all 12 are enacted prior to September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year.

State internship opportunities

U.s. Senator Pete Ricketts

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Last summer, my team and I launched our internship program in Nebraska and Washington.

Urinary leakage in men and women

Lauren Wood Thum, Md And Dennis Joseph Thum, Md

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Perspectives As husband and wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients. In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine.

The future of agriculture calls for decisive leadership

Adrian Smith

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Recently, the 8th annual All Nebraska Tractor Drive took place in Franklin and Harlan Counties. The event featured roughly 100 antique tractors and raised funds for the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney.

NPPD celebrates 50 years at Cooper Nuclear Station

Ews By Senator Tom Brewer

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownsville this week. What a great day for Nebraskans who like reliable, affordable energy that does not pollute our environment. Always-on, 24/7/365, baseload generation. What we need more of in Nebraska. Even with our nearly-worst-in-the-nation taxes, load is growing in Nebraska. We need more generation built in Nebraska, and I hope Nebraskans support making new generation nuclear.

Celebrating Nebraska biofuels

U.s. Senator Pete Ricketts

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

WashingtOn d.C . June marks the start of a busy summer driving season.

Hope replaces homelessness on the streets of Whiteclay

Ebraska By Paul Hammel

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

I lost track of how many times I was required to drive to Whiteclay to report on a protest about the beer stores there. Those four stores sold up to 3.5 million cans of beer a year, and were the liquor stores of choice for the adjacent Pine Ridge Indian Reservation right across the Nebraska-South Dakota border.

Politics yield bad border policy

U.s. Senator Deb Fischer

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. An influx of illegal immigrants can drive down wages for working Americans, drive up drug and human trafficking, and strain government resources meant for American citizens.

But the negative effects of illegal immigration—and the unsecured border that allows it—do not seem to motivate the Biden administration. Throughout his time in office, and especially this election year, only one consideration seems to motivate President Biden’s border and immigration policies: politics.