Editorial

Chuck Schumer’s Shutdown Games

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 10/03/2023 - 1:00am

Massive and reckless spending to fund big government programs has given us a national debt of over $33 trillion. That’s over $251,000 per household. This debt has real consequences. High debt leads to higher consumer costs and interest rates. It slows economic growth. It stifles opportunities for American families. With stubbornly high inflation, families across the country are tightening their belts to stretch their budgets. This includes families on fixed incomes.

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Let’s Fix Our Southern Border

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 2:00am

Earlier this year, I visited our nation’s southern border. I knew there was a crisis there, but that visit opened my eyes to more instability and hardship than I had previously seen. Along the border wall at midnight, my colleagues and I spoke with dozens of illegal immigrants who had been detained. I was heartbroken to meet a little six-month-old baby sitting by the wall with her mother waiting to go to the processing center. I was told this was not an unusual occurrence.

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Privacy & Social Media

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/29/2023 - 12:00am

Identity theft remains the number one consumer fraud report category nationally, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer fraud is made easier the more our personal information is available to potential scammers—the more they know, the more damage they can cause.

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Problems Outpacing Solutions, Ideas

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/28/2023 - 2:00am

To: U.S. Reps Adrian Smith, Don Bacon, Mike Flood

From: Nebraskans

Re: We have a list.

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Community Health Centers Face Critical Funding Deadline

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 2:00am

As the congressional stalemate around funding the federal government continues, Nebraska’s community health centers are caught in the crosshairs. Without a solution to avoid a government shutdown, health centers are poised to lose critical funding at the end of this month.

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Americans Should Keep Their Full Social Security Check

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:00am

Since its creation in 1935, Social Security has been the backbone of most Americans’ retirement plans. For decades, workers paid into Social Security via the payroll tax each pay period. According to the Social Security Administration, nearly nine out of ten people aged 65 and older received a Social Security benefit as of June 30 of this year.

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Celebrating Our New Nebraska Record

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 2:00am

At the end of last month, Nebraska made history. Thousands of people streamed into Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium, full of excitement and anticipation. Husker, Maverick, Loper, and Wildcat fans cheered as the teams emerged. Eventually, the loudspeaker carried an announcement across the stadium: Nebraska had just broken a world record. As we often say, there is no place like Nebraska.

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On Federally Reclassifying Marijuana

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 2:00am

The Department of Health and Human Services has recommended removing cannabis from the federal government’s list of drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Known as Schedule I, this group includes substances such as heroin and LSD, bad company in which cannabis, whose recreational and medicinal use is being legalized or decriminalized by many states, no longer belongs — if it ever did.

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Reserves Are Important

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 2:00am

None of us knows what life will bring. All of a sudden, your ability to generate income may be severely restricted by an illness or injury. In the past few months, my office has worked with several individuals in the real estate investing arena who found themselves in that situation. One of them, because of a back injury, was unable to work for four months. Another was incapacitated for well over a month from being involved in a nearly-fatal car crash.

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Dignity, Statesmanship From Diamonds Open And Closed

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 1:00am

Among my most prized possessions is a faded, white T-shirt. Here’s why: Being in the professional writing game for a considerable stretch, you eventually meet people you normally wouldn’t without a notebook and pen handy. Some of them are truly impressive: brilliant, genial and altogether human. Others … well … not so much.