This Wednesday, an immigration provision called Title 42 could expire. Title 42 is a critical public health order that gives the federal government the ability to immediately expel individuals entering the country illegally.

The Nebraska Legislature is a unique institution, given its status as the country’s only unicameral and nonpartisan legislature. While there are certainly drawbacks to a unicameral system, an added benefit of our legislature gives every member a fairly equal set of responsibilities. With the addition of term limits, Nebraska has largely prevented a deep entrenchment of established power in the Nebraska legislature for some time. Our citizen legislature enables those with criticisms of the status quo to bring the message of their constituents to bear.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Terrance Mann Charles Dickens was a genius as he brought out our curiosity in his 19th century classic. Last week we discussed helping our neighbor and being generous. This was a hard lesson that Ebenezer Scrooge had to learn. This week we move forward when we discuss the second Christmas lesson that Dickens crafted into his novel; forgiveness.

12/3/22 The Eagle Gas Station reported a gas drive off. This was handled internally and the money was paid to the gas station by an Arapahoe resident.

The Arapahoe Chamber of Commerce has been busy giving Chamber Bucks to some lucky winners in the community. The four winners of the drawing for the $100 chamber bucks following the Merry and Bright evening were Brad Dack, Megan Helms, Mary Wells and Kat Barger.

(Grand Island, NE) - Five Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) were recently awarded grant funding for the “Partnering to Preserve Central Nebraska’s Core Grasslands” project sponsored by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ( HYPERLINK “https://www.nfwf.org/” \\t “_blank” https://www.nfwf. org/). The partnering NRDs include Central Platte, Twin Platte, Tri-Basin, Middle Republican and Lower Loup.

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Cambridge City Council met on Monday, December 19, 2022. Mayor David Gunderson was absent. Council approved the Consent Agenda items after discussing meeting minutes from the December 5, 2022 meeting.

Chadron State College’s combined undergraduate and graduate winter commencement exercises were canceled Dec. 16, due to heavy snowfall and high winds. The list of candidates includes summer graduates and consists of 71 names for master’s degrees and for 108 bachelor’s degrees.

LINCOLN, NE (12/19/2022)-- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred 1,288 degrees during commencement exercises Dec. 16 and 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.