Antisemitism is reaching fever pitch across the country, a level I never thought possible in the United States of America. Mere months after Hamas’s October 7th assault on Israel, anti-Israel protests have overtaken one of our most influential cultural institutions: the university.

One of my top priorities is making government work better. A major way to do that is blocking burdensome regulations that don’t work for Nebraska. One recent example is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) rule mandating new minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. While the intention behind this rule may be well-meaning, it would have terrible consequences for long-term care facilities in our rural communities. On the Special Committee on Aging I’m fighting against those consequences.

In 2014, President Obama famously said, “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” telling the American people he didn’t care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies—he would go it alone whenever he felt like it. Ten years later, Obama’s then-Vice President, now-President Joe Biden has been ruling in the same fashion daily. President Biden’s executive actions don’t just ignore congressional intent; they are expensive, unwise, and unworkable. A recent report by the House Budget Committee showed President Biden’s executive actions have totaled over $2 trillion in added cost to taxpayers, all without congressional approval.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it will transfer operations of the North Platte, NE Mail Processing and Distribution Center to Denver, CO and convert the North Platte facility to a Local Processing Center.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) condemned a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandating burdensome new minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. The rule would exacerbate the current historic staffing shortages in rural care facilities, pushing many to close. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media.

The Booklovers Club met May 8, 2024 with Grace Johnson, Kris Brase, Mary Ellen Lempka, Marcia Gilliam, Sherry Behrends, and Carol Sisco. Two upcoming events were shared with the members: Monday at the Museum in Tecumseh in May will feature information about the Ishmael Hickey family from the Spring Creek area who toured with Ringling Bros.

LINCOLN, NE (05/08/2024)-- Eli Waring of Tecumseh has earned a certificate of sales excellence at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and was honored at a luncheon hosted by the Center for Sales Excellence on May 3. Waring is a senior majoring in finance.

Martin Luther Church invites all military veterans, active service men and women, deceased veterans’ families and the general public to the 20th Patriotic Worship Service to be held Sunday, May 19. 2024. The service begins at 10:00 a.m. at the church, located five miles south of Johnson, on Nebraska Highway 105.

The Bickel Nelson American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 of Cook held their monthly meeting May 6th with eight members present. President Karen called the meeting to order. Colors were posted, a prayer given by the chaplain, moment of silence observed in memory of our dead and POWs, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, singing a patriotic song and reciting the Auxiliary Preamble.

On Wednesday night, the wind blew off the roof of a hog shed on the Tom Othmer farm. About 200 hogs owned by Nathan Bartels were not harmed.