Hi, this is Newt. Did you know that you can listen to my Newt's World Podcast on the iHeart app?

The team at iHeart has created several new features on the app I wanted to share with you.

You can now auto-download new episodes of Newt's World to your device and also get notified

when new episodes are published. All you have to do is download the free iHeart app from

the app store and you can start listening to my Newt's World podcast from anywhere.

iHeart Discover Music, Radio and Podcast Your Love.

On this episode of Newt's World, my guest today is Governor Pete Records of the State of Nebraska.

Pete was sworn in as Nebraska's 40th Governor on January 8th, 2015.

He was re-elected in 2018 and is currently serving in his last year.

I went out on Monday because when I was out recently in Omaha, we had this great conversation

and the things they're doing in Nebraska are so remarkable and such a contrast with the

sort of national mess that I thought having him talk about it would really be exciting

and frankly I was triggered in particular when he announced that he was going to give back

$400 million in surplus to the people of Nebraska.

It's an extraordinary move. So many other states are looking for a way to use every penny

to increase government but Governor Records true to his philosophy actually thought it was

the people's money. All through his governorship, he's worked with the state legislature to deliver

$3 billion in direct property relief, dramatically reducing the rate of state spending growth

and cutting unnecessary red tape to bolster Nebraska's business-friendly climate.

And as a result, Nebraska won the Governor's Cup for the most economic development projects

for a capita three years in a row from 2016 to 2018.

And today, while you have a number of states that are suffering particularly, lose states

...