Margery A. Beck, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., introduces Dr. Jay Bhattacharya during his confirmation hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Independent Dan Osborn launches new US Senate bid to challenge Nebraska Republican Pete Ricketts

July 8, 2025

Former labor union leader and independent candidate Dan Osborn has announced his bid for a Nebraska U.S. Senate seat, challenging Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts. Osborn accused Ricketts of “buying his Senate seat” in his Tuesday announcement. Ricketts’ campaign responded by labeling Osborn as “bought and paid for” by liberal donors. Osborn gained national attention in his race last year against Nebraska’s other U.S. senator, Republican Deb Fischer, by rejecting both major political parties. He plans to do so again in this election, saying he wants to represent working people. Despite Ricketts’ significant campaign funds, Osborn says he’ll expects to win with a grassroots approach focusing on town halls.

Douglas County Board Chairman Roger Garcia, whose district includes the south Omaha area where federal immigration officials raided a meat packaging plant on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, addresses reporters on Wednesday, June 11, in Omaha, Neb. Garcia says his community, which includes a large immigrant population, is shaken by the raid, and noted that his wife's aunt was among those arrested and taken away from Glenn Valley Foods. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

June 11, 2025

The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by Tuesday’s raid carried out by federal immigration officials. More than half Glenn Valley Foods’ workforce was arrested in the raid. That is despite the company following the government’s own system for verifying that workers are in the country legally. Owner Gary Rohwer says the plant is now is operating at about 30% of capacity as it scrambles to hire more workers. Rohwer says he’s “very upset” by the raid, adding that “we did everything we could possibly do” to ensure employees were legally allowed to work.

Nebraska is the latest state to ban transgender students from girls’ sports

June 4, 2025

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed into law a measure banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports. Republicans behind the effort say it protects women and their ability to fairly compete in sports. Opponents say with so few transgender students seeking to participate in sports, the measure is a solution in search of a problem. At least 24 other states have adopted similar bans. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order this year intended to dictate which sports competitions transgender athletes can enter and has battled in court with Maine over that state’s allowing transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.

Margery A. Beck.

Independent Dan Osborn launches new US Senate bid to challenge Nebraska Republican Pete Ricketts

An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

Nebraska is the latest state to ban transgender students from girls’ sports

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