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Sen. Deb Fischer met with local officials throughout western Nebraska recently, including officials at Sidney Regional Medical Center Aug. 30.

After the meeting, she took time to meet with the press.

Some of the major topics she has encountered on her tour are housing, the impact of inflation and jobs.

She said in her stop in Kimball, officials explained their housing project. She said the Air Force plan to update the ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system) will bring workers in in phases, six weeks at a time. She also said the planned expansion of Clean Harbors near Kimball could...