Seniors’ Access to Care

REPRESENTING YOU Nearly 1.2 million Americans live in nursing homes today. The vast majority of those Americans are seniors, people who urgently need the specialized care that longterm nursing facilities provide.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more information The first week in December is Aplastic Anemia Awareness & MDS Week. In the United States, thousands of men, women and children are stricken with Aplastic anemia and Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

The Failures of Bidenomics

NEBRASKA SENATOR The numbers say it all. Americans continue to pay the price for failed Bidenomics. Overall, prices have risen by 3.2% since last year. Cumulatively since Joe Biden took office, prices have increased by 17.61%.

A Heritage of Thanksgiving

ALAN’S ANECDOTES I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. To me, Thanksgiving is a time for family. It’s hard to get everyone together when we have business to attend to here and our family lives in Nebraska, in Indiana, and near Toronto.

Being Thankful is a Choice

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK One of my favorite weeks has finally arrived:ThanksgivingWeek! It’s easy to be thankful onThanksgiving. Family gets together. There is a feast of great food. All of your blessings are so apparent. But what about on Friday? What about next week? Will you still be thankful?

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more information November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy is a neurological condition that makes people susceptible to seizures.

Happy Thanksgiving

REPRESENTING YOU Earlier this year, a new Nebraska statue arrived in the U.S. Capitol. Each state memorializes two people in the Capitol building, and our newest addition is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather.

Thanksgiving

BETH’S BITS Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I try to be thankful every day, but some days it’s harder than others. This time of year we have our annual reminder to be thankful. I am thankful for God and having Jesus as my Savior. I’m thankful I was raised Christian and taken to church.

Giving Thanks

REPRESENTING YOU I am truly thankful for the privilege to represent the people of District 24. I am further thankful to have the opportunity because I was raised here on our family farm. This is where I went to school and graduated from.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is almost here. Blink and it will be Christmas and then 2024. But for now, I want to pause and think about what I am thankful for. I can’t list everything. An exhaustive list would be exhausting for most people to read. Here’s a start. I’m thankful for my family.