Body I was not shocked, just disappointed when Governor Jim Pillen announced that he was going to reduce Nebraska’s collective property taxes by two billion dollars this year, somehow. Imagine that.

Body In mid-January, the St. Paul High School boys’ wrestling team won its third consecutive conference title.

Body Omaha Senator Justin Wayne, chair of the Judiciary Committee, has offered a bill that would put Nebraska’s Legislature in charge of the state’s prison system, which is currently under the purview of the executive branch.

Body Years ago, when my family and I took a summer vacation to Yellowstone National Park, my mother had one very specific souvenir of our trip in mind. She wanted a rock.

Body Comments from two state senators from Omaha have pretty much diminished hopes for a “normal” session of the Nebraska Legislature this year. “I think it will be a difficult session again.

Body I have to admit, at this time last week, I would have had a hard time coming up with a handful of facts that I knew about the state of South Carolina.

Body Ten Years Ago, 2014 The Wolbach Community Center Board has a goal to pay off the debt on the new community center by the end of 2014. The community center opened its doors to the public in September 2012.

Body When it comes to covering high school athletics in central Nebraska, over the years, I have learned that there is one tool that I am missing from my belt: A poker face.

Body The hole keeps getting deeper. Remember when I suggested someone should give the governor a shovel so he could dig a deeper hole for himself?

Body I was running errands last week when, while waiting in line to check out, I overhead a conversation that made my ears perk up. Elsewhere in the store, two shoppers, a younger man and an older woman, were having a conversation about the snowstorm that hit the area over Christmas.