Opinion

WashingtOn d.C . Buried in a flurry of news stories last week was another bad decision by the Biden-Harris administration— a shameful one.

Debate on bills have begun in the “extraordinary” session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature (aka; special session). For people living in Western Nebraska, I encourage you to pay close attention to Omaha and Lincoln senators; 38 of the 49 senators - 75 percent of the votes in the body - come from senators who share a district boundary with the city limits of Lincoln and Omaha.

Last Friday, the Legislature’s Executive Board, while functioning in its role as the Legislature’s referencing committee, a motion was made and seconded. This motion referenced LB 1 (the governors property tax reduction bill brought on his behalf by Sen.

In June, the Wall Street Journal published a sobering review of social media outlets’ content protections for teens. Studies found that Instagram pushed adult content on teen accounts within minutes of their creation. After less than 20 minutes clicking on Instagram Reels with adult themes, account feeds were “dominated” by explicit content.

W 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—$12.74 trillion higher than the total national debt before the pandemic.

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.