Governor Jim Pillen had an epiphany that paying a consultant ten million dollars over the next four years would save the state money. Pillen has signed the $2.5 million/year contract, renewable three times, with Epiphany Associates of Utah to find ways to save the state money.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2013 Stuart and Florence Teter donated $100 from their Junk Jaunt sales to the Wolbach Community Center fund.

A couple weeks ago, I took a small road trip to cover some high school volleyball and when I came home, I was plumb tuckered out.

Nothing ruins a public hearing on a legislative bill like the public showing up. Wait, what? A former boss said it years ago at the end of a particularly long day of hearings at the State Capitol.

An open letter to Colorado. It’s fitting that I am writing this on the twenty- second Anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, the day that hatred manifested itself openly on American soil.

There once was a time when, if you wanted to be a newspaper man, or desired to carve out a living in any of the other trades for that matter, you would have had to first undergo a lengthy hands-on education.

At a time when people’s trust in government is waning, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued an opinion that the Legislature’s Office of the Public Counsel, better known as the Ombudsman’s Office, is unconstitutional.

A couple weeks ago, I was at the office on Sunday afternoon when I received the most peculiar phone call. A gentleman, who I instantly noticed had an accent that was far from that of any of my friends and neighbors, out of the blue, started yelling at me as soon as I picked up the phone.

Labor Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and show appreciation for the contributions of the American workforce. Unfortunately, American workers don’t have much to celebrate this Labor Day.

Early last month, I was at a party with some friends, when one of them had to excuse themselves. They had gotten a phone call, and their cows were out.