Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Happy Beef Month, Nebraska!
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Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Traveling Across Nebraska
profits to agriculture producers and doubled trade promotion programs. By providing no tax on overtime, the Working Families … Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, program. They’re already planning for thousands of new jobs with
Tax Day Savings with the Working Families Tax Cuts
from 25% to 50%. The dependent care assistance program was also increased. This allows Nebraskans to exclude
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Recovering from the Nebraska Wildfires
wildfires, the USDA Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance Program may be able to help. These programs include assistance
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Ag Leadership in Nebraska
Cuts. It doubles funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program. This will provide … million each year for expanding commercial ag export programs. With expanded exports, we will strengthen our ethanol producers
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Tax Season Benefits, Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts
from 25% to 50%. The dependent care assistance program was also increased. This allows Nebraskans to exclude
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Paving the ROAD to Housing
costs, down payment assistance, and technical assistance. This program was simple and successful. Housing is a barrier … Governor, Nebraska’s community-driven rural housing development program successfully built more homes. However, the program faced burdensome
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Highlighting School Choice Week
also started the Developing Youth Talent Initiative. This program gave middle schoolers hands-on experience in fields such … trades, healthcare, and technology. We supported programs like the Nebraska Youth Registered Apprenticeship Program. We increased participation
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Good Life in 2026
illegal immigrants to receive Medicare and Medicaid. These programs are being saved for those that need them: kids … invested $285 million annually in agricultural trade promotion programs. We eliminated scholarship rules that penalized ag families sending
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Caring For Our Veterans
from state income tax. We launched a state program to ease the transition from military service to civilian … billion for housing and $2 billion for health programs. This week we also ended the longest government shutdown
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Nebraskans Aren’t Leverage
loans are also not going out. Rural development programs that support housing, utilities, and infrastructure projects … Force Base and strengthen Nebraska’s Sentinel missile program. We passed the historic ROAD to Housing Act. This
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Government is Shutdown, I’m Still Fighting for Nebraskans
Force Base and strengthen Nebraska’s Sentinel missile program. We passed the historic ROAD to Housing Act. This
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Bipartisan Shutdown Solution
Department of Energy, and other critical national security programs. It authorizes $924.7 billion for national defense next year … Ambulatory Care Center. Plus, it contains funding for programs at Offutt Air Force Base and Nebraska-based Sentinel
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Healthcare Hypocrisy of Chuck Schumer and the Democrats
want to hold rural Nebraskans’ healthcare hostage. Important programs like telehealth have lapsed. This is what a Schumer … this shutdown, veterans’ health services are impacted. Telehealth programs that rural and elderly Nebraskans rely on have lapsed
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: End the Schumer Shutdown
runs out of funding, service levels decline. Some programs stop. For example, women and children cannot enroll … program. While Social Security checks will continue to go out, Social Security’s customer service could be disrupted
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Supporting Rural Healthcare
from the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program will support dependable care in rural communities
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Fighting to Make Housing More Affordable in Nebraska
costs, down payment assistance, and technical assistance. This program was simple and successful. As Senator, I am taking … Nebraska’s community-driven rural housing development program was successful when I was Governor. Developers built more homes
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Powering the Good Life
million for the Supplemental Agricultural Trade Promotion Program. It doubles funding for trade promotion programs. This will help
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Producing the Good Life
this, OBBB strengthens the Supplemental Agricultural Trade Promotion Program. This provides $285 million annually to promote U.S. agricultural … exports. It doubles funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program. That means more
Preserving the Good Life: Fighting for Nebraska and American Workers
care costs. The dependent care assistance program allows deduction of dependent care from income. We increased the deduction … eligibility to short-term, high-quality job training programs. This is a proven Nebraska solution I led when
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Protecting the Good Life: Securing the Border and Strengthening Defense
foreign adversaries and threats. Nebraska’s airmen, missile programs, and military bases help defend our country every … risk reduction activities tied to the Sentinel ICBM program. This system will be partly based in Western Nebraska
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: OBBBA is a Win for Taxpayers
combined with enhancement of the dependent care assistance program, which excludes up to $7,500 of dependent care
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Wins for Nebraskans
provider for TRICARE. TRICARE is the health care program that serves our military members, veterans, and their families
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: SNAP Next Step
solutions I implemented was the SNAP Next Step program. SNAP Next Step helps low-income Nebraskans find higher … results of the Nebraska SNAP Next Step program were incredible. Of the hundreds of families that participated, about
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Beef Month
double the foreign market development and market access programs to promote trade. I also recently led a bicameral