Time to focus on some real Nebraska issues

There are plenty of distractions. Ukraine vs Russia, Israel vs the Palestinians, Republicans vs other Republicans. The list is endless.

But let’s turn our attention to a couple of Nebraska issues about which we can possibly do something.

I’m talking about civility and transparency, or the lack thereof. Civility was cited in the recently-released Nebraska Rural Poll. A number of court filings for public records and a pending legislative bill speak to the transparency issue.

Most rural Nebraskans see the lack of civil discourse in the political system as at least a somewhat serious problem, acco...