Opinion

One of government’s primary responsibilities is to keep people safe. Elected officials make laws that keep the peace and protect us from violent criminals.

The recent failures of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have increased the concerns of many over the threat of a deepening international economic crisis. While the failure of major financial institutions is particularly troubling on top of the inflation and supply chain problems of the past two years, we should take time to ensure new policies enacted in response address real problems without harming the majority of local banks across states like Nebraska who are unconnected to the failed banks.

It appears the relentless, nearly month-long rolling filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature may soon end. Just before the St.

My colleagues and I on the Senate Agriculture Committee have already begun working on the 2023 Farm Bill, a package of critical agriculture legislation passed only once every five years. Those of us on the Agriculture Committee often agree on many aspects of the Farm Bill, and one of the most popular solutions we hope to implement this year is an increase in the accessibility of precision agriculture technologies.

The consumption tax, or the transaction tax, or maybe it’s the EPIC tax, has reared its ugly, shortsighted head again. Call it what you will, but elimination of the highly sustainable threepronged tax system that has been on the books since 1976 and cost Governor Norbert Tieman his political future, is simply not a good idea.

LINCOLN (AP) - With reports of antisemitic incidents on the rise across the U.S., Nebraska lawmakers considered a bill that would fund teaching the history of the Holocaust and other genocides to the state’s students. The bill by Omaha Democratic Sen.

W Agriculture producers in Nebraska have earned their standing as world leaders in agriculture through their excellence and tradition of respecting the natural resources with which our state is blessed. No one cares more about the land and water of our state than the farmers and ranchers whose livelihoods depend on careful management these resources.

Three proposals to cover the solution looking for a problem -- voter ID -- have proven to be about as confusing as the proponent’s explanation as to why the idea was necessary. After a lot of listening and a bunch of head scratching, I’m still not convinced.

In June of last year, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. In this decision the court held there was no constitutionally-protected right to an abortion and the matter was something that should be left up to the States to decide.

W This week the Supreme Court heard arguments on Biden v. Nebraska and U.S.