Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:00am
Nebraskans know the importance of taking care of each other. This is no more evident than in the approximately 179,000 unpaid family caregivers in our state whose care allows their loved ones to remain at home and helps them avoid unnecessary hospital stays or costly taxpayer-funded institutional care.
Family caregivers are essential to ensuring the safety, quality and sustainability of our long-term care system. While family caregivers provide support out of love, caregiving can create serious emotional strain and financial hardships for many.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 03/04/2024 - 10:00pm
Don Bacon held another Town Hall meeting the other day. Regularly getting in front of his constituents has been something Congressman Bacon has done for years. He should be commended for that.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 4:00am
In Nebraska, we never give up on a kid. Our kids are our future. That’s why we need to do everything we can to encourage our young people to get an education, start their careers and put down roots right here in the great state of Nebraska.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 4:00am
In a society where instant gratification is the norm, it may be tough to think about long-term planning and the benefits of delayed gratification. But as investors that is precisely what we should be doing. Taking the time to consider the consequences will almost always benefit us in the long run.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 12:00pm
A story last week in Wyoming’s Cowboy State Daily calls to mind the one transportation mode no longer available on Nebraska’s Great Platte River Road: passenger trains.
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration officials are taking comments on adding 15 routes to Amtrak’s passenger system, one of them touching the Panhandle.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 9:00am
A while back, the almighty algorithm behind YouTube started spamming me with clips from something called ‘Sharpe’, oftentimes with click-baity titles like “Sharpe Meets His Disrespectful Squad” or “Sharpe Makes a Horrifying Discovery”. At first I was annoyed, but after a while my interest became piqued. What was this show? Was that the fabled Man-of-a-Thousand-Deaths character actor Sean Bean — He Who Dies in EVERYTHING — as the lead? Was this an elaborate joke?
Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/27/2024 - 4:00am
Wealth taxes are like a specter in search of a host, and an already overtaxed New England state may be the first to succumb. Vermont lawmakers want to tax residents’ unrealized gains, hoping to finally break the barrier that’s kept them from draining asset values year after year.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 02/26/2024 - 4:00am
I’ve always been a bit of a history buff. Many times my traveling companions have humored me as I pulled off the side of the road to read an historical marker, or stop at some hidden time-worn gem I found as I drove the backroads of America.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 02/26/2024 - 1:00am
For Black History Month, we wanted to highlight an author who has been routinely censored for her novel’s accurate and painful depictions of racism and police violence.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/23/2024 - 4:00am
During my time in the Nebraska Legislature, including time as chairman of the Revenue Committee, I witnessed many attempts to increase the state’s cigarette excise tax. These attempts were often accompanied by well-meaning arguments for improved public health, but they were always driven by an ambition to increase state tax revenues for one purpose or another.