Opinion

nOte frOm d.C . Farms and ranches are the foundation of the Good Life in Nebraska.

With the session winding down, the Legislature has approximately six days of debate remaining to work through a significant number of bills. At this point in the session, most of the remaining bills are priority bills, and there simply is not enough time to give them all the floor debate they deserve before the session closes. That reality weighs heavily on bills like LB1187, this year’s “brand committee” bill. LB1187 was a bill brought to Sen. DeKay at the request of the brand committee which asks for two primary changes; the ability to charge a flat fee for travel rather than mileage and the ability to increase the fee caps to ensure the committee can keep up with inflationary costs of doing business.

“To the Arch by March.” That was the scary slogan circulating throughout Omaha back in the 1980s when both Union Pacific and ConAgra were threatening to move their corporate headquarters out of the River City. (U.P.

W When Congress is not in session, I am meeting with constituents across the Third District. I always enjoy visiting communities and meeting with Nebraskans where they are, on the front lines of our economy.

d.C . Celebrating 80 years of the North Platte Canteen special spot in our history and in our hearts for the North Platte Canteen.

Commonsense Steps to Restore Trust Growing up in Gering, I learned early on that commitment is key. Reputation and relationships are built by keeping one’s commitments.

d.C . Recovering from the Nebraska Wildfires The wildfires across Western Nebraska are the worst since we became a state.

Kind The Nebraska Legislature began talking about “exterrestrials” the other day, and well, who could pass up writing about that? I have a buddy who insists that an alien craft hovered over his acreage outside of Ashland. There’s another buddy who is convinced that he was followed by an alien ship while driving down a remote western Nebraska highway.

I want to begin by saying how much I appreciate the many calls and messages I’ve received in support of LB669. This was a bill to protect women in domestic violent relationships and/or victims of human trafficking, and your support has been a true blessing. I am grateful to everyone who reached out and stood with us on this important issue. Unfortunately, upon cloture, we fell two votes short of moving the bill forward, including the lack of support from two of my Republican colleagues.

D.C . Over the last several days, we have been reminded how quickly life can change.