Body If I had a motto, it would have to be “Why make the fat kid do it?” I know what you all are thinking: Why not just lose some weight and then you wouldn’t get stuck with that task?

Body Let’s face it, Nebraska has high property taxes, the seventh highest in the country according to the Tax Foundation, which tracks such things. “Lots of land, not a lot of people,” has always been the catchphrase, which translates into a higher burden of property taxes.

Body One of the great, unsolved mysteries in the state has been why the beloved Trev Alberts left his alma mater to become athletic director at Texas A&M.

Body Last Wednesday evening, I was returning home from covering the NSAA Class C State Golf Tournament, when I came across a peculiar sight standing, literally, right in the middle of the road.

Body Welcome to a new corner of your newspaper. For years, this column has been called “Capitol View” and for the past several years, it’s been written by J.L.

Body A couple weeks ago, after returning from Albion, where we meet a truck and pick up our printed copies of the newspaper each week, I pulled a copy of that week’s edition of the Palmer Journal off a stack, opened it up, and my stomach almost instantly twisted into knots.

Body It won’t come as a surprise to our readers to learnthat, growing up, I was a bit of a bookish kid.

Body In 2014, President Obama famously said, “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” telling the American people he didn’t care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies. He would go it alone whenever he felt like it.

Body The historic tornadoes that pummeled the eastern and central portions of our state last week were devastating, and supporting the ongoing recovery efforts for Nebraskans remains top of mind.

Body One summer back in the day, when I was more of a stud and less of a dud—or at least I wasn’t mortified to be out in public without my shirt on—my brothers, some other guys, and I packed up the boat one Saturday afternoon and headed up Highway 92 to soak up the sunshine at Sherman...