Republicans flex muscles, give GOP majority to nearly all legislative committees

I really enjoyed the film, "Groundhog Day."

It starred Bill Murray – who is generally hilarious – as a TV weatherman covering Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. But Murray is caught in some kind of time warp in which the day's events, and mis-adventures, keep repeating themselves.

I lost track of how many times Murray's alarm clock rang to start one more, identical day.

You might be feeling the same way about a couple bills just introduced in the Nebraska Legislature concerning public dollars for private education.

You might recall tha...