American Civics - Meeting #1 The Curriculum, Americanism, and Multicultural Education Committee - Frank Beel, Scott Erthum and Jessica Pozehl, conducted its 1st of two required annual meetings regarding American Civics. The committee meeting was held prior to the regular May 10th Board meeting.

We are in that season of every legislative session where the desire of senators to cooperate and compromise with each other is just about gone. Several really good bills have been killed because of vote-trading schemes between senators across three factions (conservatives, liberals, moderates). None of these three factions have enough votes to get anything done by themselves, so coalitions have to be built. It is this time of the session when you get to see exactly who a senator really is. It is easy to see what is important to them and what is not. The votes on the board do not lie.

Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Advance Phase-Out of Social Security Tax Nebraska is one of 13 states that still tax Social Security benefits. Lawmakers have given overwhelming first-round approval to a 10- year plan to phase that tax out, but with a healthy price tag when fully implemented.

Long Pine City Council met in regular session on Thursday evening, May 6th. Council members present were Linda Alberts, Dave Cheatum, Andrea Collatos and Kathy Papstein.

The Brown County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing regarding Brown County’s Comprehensive Plan 2020-2030 and Proposed Amendments to the Brown County Zoning Regulations in the Brown County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 4th.

The Annual Fine Arts Awards Night was held at Ainsworth Community Schools on Tuesday, May 4th. This evening is used to recognize all the fine arts students and give special recognition to the outstanding students in the following fine arts departments: speech, mock trial, journalism, thespian and drama.