Family-run farms, ranches, and small businesses are the backbone of communities across Nebraska. They fuel our economy, feed our citizens, and provide meaningful opportunity to build generational wealth. Our federal tax code, however, currently punishes these efforts and makes it more difficult for families to pass their operations to the next generation. This needs to change, and I am proud to support efforts in Congress to do just that.

For over a hundred years, Nebraskans have gathered on Memorial Day to honor and celebrate the heroes who’ve died to preserve our freedom in America. In 1888, business student Frisby L. Rasp wrote a letter to his family about Omaha’s Memorial Day parade, which continues to this day.

You are probably familiar with drug commercials. There are all sorts of them showing people being active and smiling as they attend a birthday party, go biking, go surfing, or shopping at a flower shop. At some point they start listing some of the side effects and precautions, including some obvious and some scary statements. “Do not take this medication if you take nitrates for chest pain, do not take this medication if you do not suffer from a disease, or do not take his medication if you are allergic to this medication. Stop taking this medication if you experience headache, dizziness, sudden death, or body odor.”

ARAPAHOE - On Monday, February 29, 1988, the Mission Mall opened for business. A few days later, on March 4, the enterprise celebrated its grand opening.

Is there something about your health you’d like to change? For most Americans, this question usually triggers a wide range of responses. In my practice, most responses usually center on wanting to lose weight, being more consistent with their exercise routine, or finally stopping smoking, drinking or vaping. What do these 3 lifestyle changes have in common? They are really, really hard to do. Behavioral modification of daily habits and routines is a very difficult process: humans tend to get stuck in our daily ruts and stay in that groove day after day. The mental and physical energy required to change our diet or exercise on a daily basis often feels overwhelming.

This past week was National Police Week. I signed onto the U.S. Senate’s annual resolution commemorating Police Week and offi cers that have fallen in the line of duty, as I do each year. Our law enforcement officers in Nebraska and across the country are vital to our country’s flourishing, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to honor them.

In November, constituents in Legislative District 38 renewed the mandate I took to Lincoln the first time: to cut property taxes, to defend our constitutional rights, to protect the life and health of the born and unborn, and to promote transparency in government.

The lack of security at our southern border is deeply troubling, and the crisis continues to worsen. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), March encounters on our southern border rose nearly 25 percent over February.

Last week, I brought my colleague Senator John Boozman, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, to Nebraska for a series of visits with family farmers and ranchers. The topic of our visits was the Farm Bill, a package of agriculture legislation advanced through the Agriculture Committee and passed by Congress every five years.

The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954. The donor was the identical twin of the recipient.