We have become accustomed to Republicans saying and doing stupid things. It’s how they roll. But Nebraska state Sen. Bruce Bostelman, a conservative Republican from Brainard, set a new low standard this week for
Congressman Don Bacon is still refusing to call for Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s resignation, despite Fortenberry’s conviction on one count of concealing conduit campaign contributions and two counts of lying to federal agents
The confirmation hearings of nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court are often contentious. Such is the nature of politics. But as evidenced by the Republicans during this week’s confirmation hearing for Ketanji
GOP gubernatorial hopefuls Charles W. Herbster and Jim Pillen are acting like two of the three stooges — right down to the face-slaps, eye gouges and nose twists. Their barrage of TV
Former Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers had a saying he’d use when Republicans started howling about a bill they felt threatened them or their GOP way of life — whatever that is. “The closer
One year ago, Don Bacon voted against the American Rescue Plan, an historic effort that uplifted tens of millions of families, distributed life-saving vaccines to hundreds of millions of people, helped open
Today, the Biden Administration released official Open Enrollment data at a state-by-state level that shows increases in enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace and decreases in consumer cost over the last year
Today, the White House American Rescue Plan (ARP) Implementation Team announced state-by-state estimates of the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), as well as state-by-state estimates of the number of workers
The Department of Education announced today that colleges and universities in Nebraska have received over $217 million from the American Rescue Plan (which GOP Sens. Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer and Reps.
You are invited to join the White House and Nebraska community partners for a special Building A Better America event on President Biden’s priorities for Nebraska families and communities. This post-State of
Our GOP congressional delegation — Reps. Bacon, Fortenberry and Smith and Sens. Sasse and Fischer, have stood mystifyingly mute of late on an important issue. On Tuesday, former President Trump weighed in
When GOP Rep. Don Bacon had the chance to improve the care provided to American servicemen and women exposed to toxic chemicals and other dangers yesterday, he voted no. Thankfully, House