The Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR), which rules on labor disputes, issued an order upholding Governor Jim Pillen’s November 2023 executive order (EO 23-17) for all state employees to return to their workplaces. The CIR’s decision completely upheld the validity of the Governor’s executive order, ruling that the issue of ordering the state’s workforce back to the office is fully under the Governor’s executive authority and dismissing all the Nebraska Association of Public Employee (NAPE) union’s claims.

The Ainsworth Public Library is working on library accreditation and part of the process is to do a community needs response plan. The Ainsworth Library is doing a Library & Community Survey to help the Library Board gain insight to better serve Ainsworth and to find out what needs the community has.

Long Pine City Councilmen Linda Alberts, Dave Cheatum and Andrea Collatos with Bryan Sanford absent, met in regular session on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Action Items Unfinished Business Under unfinished business, the Council approved the recommendation from the Board of Adjustments to approve the building permit for a wood deck at 356 N.