A new report identifies what could be at risk in Nebraska as the federal government deregulates Head Start. Hundreds of jobs and health services could disappear across the state.

On Sept. 10 at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Donald Trump asked his supporters to raise their right hands and repeat the following pledge:

This letter is a public request that Reps. Bacon, Smith, and Flood and Sens. Fischer and Ricketts declare their confidence in our state’s voting system before the midterm elections. Unproven accusations of election fraud weaken our democracy, and Nebraskans know better.

In George Washington’s 1796 farewell address, he issued a strong warning against political parties. He viewed them as a threat to national unity, public liberty and stability of government.

I am writing in response to Roger L. Harris’s letter to the editor on Sept. 11. Mr. Harris has been misinformed.