News Focus: 2004 Columns

December
12/30/04 -  Youth of Nebraska
12/17/04 -  NELSON SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA WITH JOHANNS AT USDA
12/03/04 -  Omnibus Appropriations Bill
November
11/19/04 -  Made in the USA…or is it?
11/10/04 -  730 Days and Counting
October
10/22/04 -  Emergency Drought Disaster Assistance
10/08/04 -  Securing farm chemicals is a step towards securing our home towns
10/08/04 -  SECURING FARM CHEMICALS IS A STEP TOWARDS SECURING OUR COMMUNITIES
September
09/23/04 -  Protecting the Rights of the Brave: The National Guard and Reserve
09/16/04 -  ONLY AS STRONG AS WEAKEST AREA
09/13/04 -  THERES STILL TIME TO COMPLETE ENERGY BILL THIS YEAR
August
08/27/04 -  The Drought
08/13/04 -  Domestic Violence in Rural Areas
July
07/21/04 -  ARSENIC AND ITS NEW FACE
07/16/04 -  The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
07/02/04 -  The Child and Adult Care Food Program
07/01/04 -  Defense Bill Provides Statewide Economic Benefit
07/01/04 -  Off to a good start.
June
06/21/04 -  FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
06/17/04 -  HOST STATES DESERVE FAIRNESS IN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT AGREEMENTS
06/16/04 -  FLOOD INSURANCE
06/04/04 -  CARBON SEQUESTRATION PLANNING “What seeds we plant now, we will reap later.”
06/02/04 -  REMEMBERING D-DAY
May
05/21/04 -  RURAL HEALTH CARE
05/07/04 -  FOREIGN TRADE: DRY BEANS
April
04/23/04 -  THE DROUGHT
04/22/04 -  LOWERING HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR ALL AMERICANS
04/09/04 -  MASH Act
04/06/04 -  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
04/01/04 -  HOMETOWN SECURITY NEEDS REMAIN UNMET
March
03/25/04 -  AMERICAN BEEF INDUSTRY
03/12/04 -  THE FARM BILL
03/10/04 -  PLAYING POLITICS WITH VETERANS' HEALTH IS WRONG
03/04/04 -  IMPROVED BENEFITS FOR TROOPS WILL IMPROVE NATIONAL SECURITY
February
02/27/04 -  THE ENERGY BILL
02/13/04 -  TRANSPORTATION BILL
02/11/04 -  PRESIDENTS' DAY REMINDS US OF THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING
January
01/30/04 -  THE OMNIBUS BILL
01/26/04 -  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
01/15/04 -  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
01/08/04 -  TWO YEARS LATER, "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" CONCERNS LINGER