Opinion

Elementary and secondary education has earned a spotlight nationwide, especially after schools went online during the pandemic. The unique setting provided parents a firsthand look at what goes on inside classrooms. Many didn’t like what they found and demanded greater involvement in determining their children’s educational content and experiences. While the solution isn’t about public vs. private schools, in the debates we saw spring up in countless school board meetings across the country, the message from parents across America has been clear: No one is more invested in students’ success than their own parents.

by U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts Recently, Senator Fischer and I returned from an oversight visit of the southern border.

This is the second weekly column I’ve written concerning the on-going filibuster we are having in the legislature. I wanted to explain to Nebraskans why this is happening and what should be done about it.

Just one more term. Yes, lawmakers are once again considering giving themselves 12 years instead of eight to figure out how things work and try to do something for their constituents.

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.