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Robert A. Jenkins, Council Bluffs, IA.

April 5, 2021 —Impatient for your tax refund? It usually takes about 21 days to receive your refund after filing, but tax preparers are increasingly offering ways to get your funds immediately. Here are the pros and cons.

We appreciate the prayers, food and monetary contributions from the many area businesses, grocery stores, local schools, clubs, churches, civic groups, and individuals. Your contributions enable us to fill the needs of many in our community. Our God is an awesome God and He works through each of you to help feed His sheep. We are humbled and grateful for your personal sacrifice to donate food to others. May you be blessed.

LINCOLN, (AP)-Nebraskans who buy fireworks in-state could have more choices after lawmakers advanced a bill to broaden the kinds that can legally be sold. Senators gave the measure firstround approval with a 40-3 vote.

LINCOLN, (AP)-A proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska is once again headed to the full Legislature for debate, despite long odds and the more likely prospect that the issue will go before voters next year.

LINCOLN, (AP)-Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill to lay the groundwork for an emergency suicide and mental health hotline. Senators gave the measure firstround approval with a 41-0 vote.

OMAHA, (AP)-Nebraska's economy continues to feel the pain of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's clear that the state has ridden out the economic crisis better than most states. Nebraska has yet to recover roughly one-third of the nearly 100,000 jobs it lost last spring, but the rate of job losses in the state was the sixth-lowest in the country.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) _ After a February of super cold weather, the sun's warmth has made its presence felt again in south-central Nebraska.

LINCOLN-As anglers, we mean to be good stewards of our environment. Sometimes, though, we leave something behind.

HASTINGS, (AP)-Kaye Becker of Hastings decided to step up to help abused and neglected children because she knew what it was like. She had a bad childhood herself and could empathize with the children.