Heavican calls for expanded resources for 24-hour provider access

We are now past the one-third mark of this 90-day legislative session but still have a great deal of work to do. The various standing committees are busy holding public hearings on the 820 bills and 22 substantive resolutions that were introduced in January. We have around four more weeks of hearings yet to go. Thus far, two of my bills have been presented before committees.

The week began with Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican delivering the State of the Judiciary address to lawmakers. He began by noting the “extraordinary measures” taken to fill the approximately 1,600 va...