Meyer makes a comeback to serve
Above: Sen. Glen Meyer makes a new friend on a Louisiana bayou tour. The fact that District 17 Sen. Glen
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Senator features
Quick brings work ethic back to Capitol
Grand Island Sen. Dan Quick wants to serve his community. The form that service takes is less important. That’s why when he decided to run again for the Legislature, he wasn’t too concerned about the outcome.
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Andersen ready for new legislative mission
You might not guess it to meet him now, but much of Omaha Sen. Bob Andersen’s youth would have made a great spy novel.
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Prokop brings public sector, nonprofit experience to Capitol
Sen. Jason Prokop’s father is 76 years old and still works at the grain mill in Crete, the freshman senator’s hometown. It’s the kind of “nose to the grindstone” work ethic that has shaped Prokop’s own life, he said.
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Hallstrom takes on new role at Capitol
If you ask Syracuse Sen. Bob Hallstrom what he enjoys doing in his free time, he offers the usual list — fishing, traveling, golfing — but somewhat reluctantly adds another: singing.
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McKeon brings light touch to the Legislature
If you hear a distinctive belly laugh in the Capitol’s legislative chamber, the hallways or the cafeteria, odds are good that Amherst Sen. Dan McKeon is nearby.
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Juarez finds her place at the Capitol
Sometimes it takes coming back to where you started to find a way to make a difference. That was the case for Omaha Sen. Margo Juarez.
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Lonowski ready to wrestle issues
In a wooden stand on a table in Sen. Dan Lonowski’s office are miniature flags of the more than 20 countries that the freshman senator has visited.
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Storm lands a seat at the Unicameral
One of the first things you learn when speaking with Sen. Jared Storm is that flying a turboprop plane is harder than Alfred Hitchcock made it look in the classic film “North by Northwest.”
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Spivey brings new perspective to the Legislature
Omaha Sen. Ashlei Spivey’s roots run deep in Omaha. Born and raised in District 13, she has been involved in the North Omaha community throughout her life as a business owner, nonprofit executive director and now as a freshman state senator.
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Storer journeys from Cherry County to the Capitol
She may be settling into her Capitol office in Lincoln, but there is no mistaking where Sen. Tanya Storer’s heart lies. One office wall holds a portrait of her competing in cutting — one of three events she qualified in for National High School Finals Rodeo during her teen years.
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Clouse carves out a space at the Capitol
Sen. Stan Clouse has no shortage of pictures of his impressive wood carvings to display. What started out as a way to cope with the loss of his young son has turned into a lifelong hobby and creative outlet for the Kearney senator.
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Rountree begins new chapter of public service
Whether describing the tobacco fields he worked as a young man in the South or being struck by the beauty of his future wife after catching a glimpse of her across a JCPenney department store, Bellevue Sen. Victor Rountree tells a great story.
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Sorrentino wins race to the Capitol
Omaha Sen. Tony Sorrentino keeps his Brooks running shoes in a bright yellow bag in his Capitol office and his running clothes in the trunk of his car.
“Just in case,” he smiles.
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Wordekemper answers call to public service
There’s a well-worn cliche about the large volume of information that newly elected senators face, and one that Fremont Sen. Dave Wordekemper has heard often in his first week at the State Capitol.
“Does it feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose?”
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