Community Voices

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (139+ words) Originally published on buchananstreet.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange. The deal brings together the studios behind "Mission: Impossible," "Harry Potter" and DC Studios alongside major television and streaming netw… The official COLA announcement is not expected until…...

3+ day, 53+ min ago   (256+ words) Having undermined the law and the Constitution with some terrible opinions in deference to President Donald Trump, this week brings the new U.S. Supreme Court term, and with it the risk that our nation’s highest judicial body will continue to…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (107+ words) Ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to Grand Island, state GOP chair Mary Jane Truemper argues that Trump and Pete Ricketts have delivered… In today's edition of The Public Pulse, a reader reacts to constantly seeing commercials that bash candidates…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (130+ words) To borrow a farming term, North Platte’s rewritten planning and zoning documents will lie fallow for a time in case other would-be tweaks sprout. Investigators believe a 16-year-old was driving about 70 mph in a 55 mph zone before a fatal crash…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (113+ words) Ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to Grand Island, state GOP chair Mary Jane Truemper argues that Trump and Pete Ricketts have delivered… In a World-Herald op-ed, former congressional candidate James Leuschen backs Denise Powell for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. In…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (186+ words) On any given day in Sheridan County’s 26-person jail, almost every inmate is there because of an addiction-related problem, said County Commissioner Bruce Messersmith. According to a preliminary investigation, the driver who died crossed the center line of U.S. 30 and…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (147+ words) WASHINGTON — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is promising voters his party will make life more affordable — if they boot Republicans from power in Congress in the midterms. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said it will need to be a "family…...

1+ week, 36+ min ago   (137+ words) Ohio senator Jon Husted discusses the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate 77-22 and heads to the House, where alterations are expected. College football is experiencing a surreal disconnect this season, between constant discourse about the Protect College Sports…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (98+ words) In a World-Herald op-ed, Creighton associate theology professor Dr. Daniel R. DiLeo discusses how OPPD District 2 candidate Mark Gudgel will i… In today's edition of The Public Pulse, a reader reacts to Omaha's highest level of homelessness. In a World-Herald op-ed,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (158+ words) Recently, I've had several conversations with Lancaster County voters. While not everyone pays the same level of attention to down-ballot races as they do to the more high-profile ones, I am sure the readers of the Journal Star would agree…...