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Hearings, debate underway in legislature
We are now over a third of the way through this short session of the biennium. This week focused on hearings and debate on railroads, daylight saving time, kratom, hemp-derived THC and many other...
Medical marijuana debate back in Legislature
This week saw the Legislature conclude the second and final week of all-day committee hearings. The schedule will return to a traditional format, where floor debate is in the mornings and committee...
Senators discuss permanen daylight saving time
We change our clocks twice a year, switching from standard time to daylight saving time and back again, even though we may not like it. This could soon change. The Legislature gave first-round...
Celebrate St. Patrick with Irish-inspired snacks, main dishes
Thursday is St. Patrick's Day and - if you're like me - it snuck up on you this year. Maybe it was that hour of sleep we lost last weekend when we went to Daylight Saving Time. Who knows? But, while...
Spring ahead on Sunday
This Sunday, at 2 a.m., clocks adjust to daylight saving time. Our bodies, however, don't always like to spring ahead. According to a study conducted by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 55% of...
Briese bill would eliminate falling back
Nebraskans may not have to remember to set clocks back one hour in the fall, if LB283 passes through the Legislature. On Feb. 3, the Government Committee held a hearing on the bill, which is an...
Check your smoke alarms
As area residents prepare to fall back with the end of Daylight Saving Time, local fire departments remind everyone to check batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors and to test that th...