Pieces of Me

It’s still early for me to put up Christmas decorations and start playing Christmas music, but here at the Tribune I start working on all things Christmas even before Halloween. My biggest issue of the year, the Christmas Saturation Issue, will be published on Dec. 6 this year.

Dave Says

Dear Dave, I read where you recommend saving 15% of your income for retirement. Should I count my employer’s contribution to my retirement plan as part of that 15%? Carlotta Dear Carlotta, That’s a great question.

Pieces of Me

At least once a year I have the opportunity to speak about being a business owner to high school students.

Update from Senator Jacobson

Once again, I spent most of last week in Lincoln, attending hearings and working with my legislative staff on our plans for the coming session. One of the hearings that I attended was for LR171, which I introduced to study the need for rebasing Medicaid funding for behavioral health.

Dave Says

Dear Dave, My wife and I are both 36 years old, and we have two children. Our son is six, and our daughter will be four next month. We’ve been walking through the Baby Steps, and we should have our home paid off sometime next summer.

Pieces of Me

I knew in junior high that I wanted to be a journalist. I started writing the high school basketball stories for the Tribune when I was in eighth grade. I still remember one of the first people that I interviewed as a high school sophomore.

Update from Senator Jacobson

I spent this past Thursday in Lincoln at the Governor’s “Property Valuation Roundtable,” along with fellow western Nebraska Senator Teresa Ibach.

Update from Senator Jacobson

Last week, I made you aware of issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry and the real impact these issues are having on constituents throughout the District.

Pieces of Me

With avid outdoorsmen in our house, our diet consists of a wide variety of meats. And I mean wide. Fish, dove, goose, duck, pheasant, grouse, turkey, turtle, crawfish, bullfrog, squirrel, rabbit, deer, elk.

Dave Says

Dear Dave, I’m currently on Baby Step 2, and I have about $7,000 in debt to pay off before I can move to bulking up my emergency fund in Baby Step 3. When you’re paying off debt, what do you recommend for 401(k) contributions?