Sen. Lou Ann Linehan’s LB 364 was debated yesterday. It is a bill that would create tax credit scholarships for poor children whose parents want a chance to send their child to a private school. It was filibustered for a full eight hours and the cloture vote was taken. It fell five votes short of the thirty-three votes needed. Sen. Linehan joined the legislature the same time I did. This was the sixth time she has introduced this bill and it has died in committee or from a filibuster every time. I am confident she will continue to introduce it. Nebraska continues to be one of two states that have no form of school choice. (aka; parents deciding how their tax dollars will be spent for their child’s education)

Some Want to Strip Autonomy of Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Remember local control? It seems some state Senators have forgotten, and they’re all Republicans. State Sen.

Around noon on Wednesday, January 12th, the Ainsworth and Johnstown Volunteer Fire Departments were called to respond to a grass fire located four miles west of Ainsworth on the south side of Highway 20. Firefighters worked successfully to protect the tree grove seen in the photo above. About 150 x 20 yards of grass and some dead limbs were burned.

If your organization is planning an annual event in the Brown, Rock or Keya Paha County areas, we would like those submitted to the Ainsworth Star-Journal so we can put them on a 2022 Calendar. So many times we get phone calls wanting to know when something is going to happen - this way we will know.

The 2022 mountain lion hunting season in Nebraska’s Pine Ridge closed January 6th when the harvest limit of four (three males and one female) was met. The season opened January 2nd.

Nebraska’s Primary Election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 2022. There are various offices up for election in Brown County and its municipalities this year.