April 3 - 9, 2022 Sunday, April 3rd Responded to a request for a welfare check for an Ainsworth resident. The individual was contacted and reported safe.

I would like to take this space to apologize to all of our readers. Even though it was tough to see in the picture of the AHS Senior Class on the Post Prom page of last week’s Ainsworth Star-Journal, there were at least three individuals making obscene gestures to the photographer and the picture got printed.

“Easter’s On Its Way” Youngsters in the area will be able to participate in two Easter Egg Hunts this weekend. Long Pine will be hosting one on Saturday, April 16th at 10:00 a.m.

LB 873 passed and was sent to the Governor this week. As far as tax relief in Nebraska goes, this is the biggest tax cut I have seen since I first came to the legislature in 2017. LB 873 passed because the senators in the revenue committee reached a compromise. There are a lot of different pieces to this bill from Senators Linehan, Friesen, Briese and Lindstrom.

The 2022 Legislature Favored the Big Stuff A major tax cut package that could cost the state as much as one-fifth of its budget in the outyears worked its way through the 2022 legislative session as lawmakers focused on the big issues in waning days. The measure (LB873) is supposed to ratchet down the state’s top corporate and individual income tax rates over five years, expand income tax credits offered to property taxpayers and phase out income taxes on Social Security benefits.

During its regular meeting on April 5th, the Brown County Commissioners discussed a proposed detour route using 877th Road just south of Ainsworth. The proposed route would take traffic from Highway 7, south of Ainsworth along 877th Road to Pine Street (Ainsworth Cemetery Road) and then north to Highway 20.