Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationJanuary is Glaucoma Awareness Month – Half of all blindness can be prevented. A vision screening can help identify people who are at risk for eye disease.

Spring is Coming

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKI know it is only January, but I am ready for spring to get here already.Shoot, the recent snow has not even melted yet and I am dreaming about green grass and leaves on trees. Don’t get me wrong, a snowy landscape is great to look at. I just am not a fan of driving through it.

First Responders

REPRESENTING YOUNebraska is heavily reliant upon volunteers who serve as firefighters and emergency medical responders across our state. More than 17,000 Nebraskans, representing over 92% of all firefighters in our state, serve as volunteers.

Delivering for Nebraskans

NEBRASKA SENATORI’m humbled and honored to have the opportunity to continue serving Nebraskans in the U.S. Senate. President Trump’s re-election, along with Republican majorities in Congress, provides a great opportunity to get our country back on track. We must deliver results for Nebraskans.

Minimum Wage & Tipped Wage

BETH’S BITSMinimum wage went up again this January, but you know what hasn’t gone up in almost 35 years? The tipped wage!I feel for these people. I waitressed for a job in college, and made $2.13 an hour plus tips. They STILL make $2.13 an hour plus tips! Minimum wage back then was $4.25.

Delivering for Nebraskans

NEBRASKA SENATOROne of the federal government’s most important priorities is to provide for the common defense. It’s right there in the preamble to the Constitution. That starts with making sure our women and men in uniform have what they need to keep us safe.

Am I Better Today?

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKAs we enter the new year, I have a simple question for you: Are you better today than you were yesterday?I know it is an open-ended question. Better at what?Anything. Everything. The question stems from the idea what the only constant in life is that everything is changing.

Neberaska Tries Again to Tame High Property Taxes

ALL THINGS NEBRASKANow that Gov.

2025 State Legislative Session

ALAN’S ANECDOTESIn a week our state will open the 2025 legislative session. Looking backward, the state had a bumpy year in 2023, but 2024 was much more civil. Which way will it be this year? We’ll have to wait to find out.There are some things we can do ahead of time.

Out with the Old, In With the New

BETH’S BITSIt’s a New Year soon, probably by the time you read this. It’s a good time to go through things and do “out with the old, and in with the new”.My closet definitely needs purging. About five years ago, we added on to our house. Part of that was getting a master bathroom and master closet.