According to a recent survey, 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and 71 percent of workers feel their pay isn’t keeping up with the cost of living. The numbers bear this out – 6.2 percent wage growth alongside 8.3 percent inflation means that Americans’ paychecks are worth 2.1 percent less than they were at this time last year. Employers are scaling back their plans to hire new workers and beginning to plan for potential layoffs. Americans everywhere are feeling the painful consequences of the out-of-touch policies of the Biden administration, and many fear the worst is yet to come.

One of my responsibilities as chairman of the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee is to develop and improve Nebraska’s state emergency management policies. Today, I had the opportunity to survey the damage from the ongoing Bovee Fire near Halsey, Nebraska. This morning, the fire involved as much as 18,000 acres of ground and was only 30 percent contained.

October 2 - 8, 2022 Sunday, October 2nd Responded to Elm Street in Ainsworth for a reported fire in the backyard. Deputies made contact with the homeowner and the fire was extinguished.

“Fire Prevention Week” This week is National Fire Prevention Week. What a great time to thank all our Volunteers who continue to fight fires throughout the area, state and nation.

Sen. Ben Sasse plans to resign from the U.S.

The Ainsworth District County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Megan Coan wants to remind livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses due to drought in 2022 of the availability of the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) in Brown, Rock and Keya-Paha Counties.