Wrapping Up 1st Session

REPRESENTING YOUThis past week we wrapped up the 1st Regular Session of the 109th Legislature. We were able to adjourn the scheduled 90 day session on day 89.

Combatting Antisemitism: Confronting Evil with Conscience and Courage

NEBRASKA SENATORThis past week’s terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, was a shocking and heartbreaking act of hatred. It demands not only our condemnation, but our collective moral clarity.

Grocery Entertainment & Living Off the Grid

BETH’S BITSThe local grocery store hires high school teens, which I think is great. All these teens know me for one reason or another. Either it’s because I own the newspaper or it’s because my son is a teen and goes to school with them, or in many cases, both.

Hot Wheels and Real Wheels

My kids have a newfound love for Hot Wheels cars.Timmy will run back and forth across the hardwood with a dump truck, making enough noise to wake the dead — or at least make Helen Keller ask for peace and quiet.They love cars. Big cars, small cars. Plastic, metal. It doesn’t matter.

Losing the Argument

ALAN’S ANECDOTESI was talking with someone recently who told me something I had forgotten. I think a lot of people have. He remembered a time when, in an argument, if someone lost their temper, they lost the argument.I think it’s still true, but more people need to get the memo.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationJune is Scleroderma Awareness Month. Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

SNAP Next Step

NEBRASKA SENATORMake government work with proven Nebraska solutions that are ready for America. That is my mission as your U.S. Senator. When I was Governor, my administration implemented numerous solutions to improve the lives of Nebraskans. Now, I’m working on behalf of our state in Washington, D.

Supporting our Ranchers

NEBRASKA SENATORThroughout my life, I have had many roles—daughter, wife, mother, school board member, and now as the U.S. Senator for Nebraska.Yet, one of the most challenging roles I have had is that of a cattle rancher on our family ranch.

Health, Sports and Summer

BETH’S BITSBy the time you read this I will probably be getting my last treatment! That’s right, my last one. I thought there weren’t side effects to immunotherapy until this last weekend. Friday I was hit with severe fatigue, along with aching and probably a minor fever.

AI Is Not All Bad

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKAt a journalism seminar last month, I realized something strange: I might have been the only one in the room not afraid of robots.The session was part of the Nebraska Press Association convention.