Opinions

This week instead of my normal rant, we mix it up with a short fictional story, based on the world around us, that I wrote with the hopes of highlighting the importance of supporting community newspapers.

Bison Bucks! Who doesn’t love to receive this “free” money to spend at one of our area chamber businesses? As we gear up for our semi-annual Bison Bucks Bonus promotion over Lone Tree Days I want to share the impact these paper tokens have in our communities.

Anyone else open their phone for one simple task and then snap back to reality an hour later as you claw your way out of a massive rabbit hole? I hope it’s not just me. Here I sit at 9:19 pm on a Tuesday night.

We just finished the first session of the two year 108th Legislature and my first year as the senator from District 34. With 2023 being an odd numbered year, lawmakers had 90 legislative workdays. Next year the session will be just 60 days long.

I survived Washington D.C. and I am back here in my bubble that I know and love. It was a great trip and some great memories were made along the way, but I am also happy to be back to normal and here in the office to write this week’s column.

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator In the 2022 election, Nebraskans voted overwhelmingly to join 35 other states in implementing Voter ID. While most agree the integrity of our elections is of utmost importance, we have seen voter fraud on the rise in many parts of the country.

On May 30, 2023, I signed LB753 into law. LB753, known as the Opportunity Scholarship Act, will provide parents the choice in which school to send their children.

As I drive to and from various destinations in Central City I am amazed at the number of houses with Sold or Sale pending on the realtor signs.

Hello to you all, Ryan Dettman here coming to you from our nation’s capital. You may notice this week’s newspaper is a little slim, especially on the nonexistent sports page.

Following college and a year of full time work at KOLN-TV, I joined the Air Force and received my commission as a lieutenant in Officer’s Training School in San Antonio, Texas. One of the very first things we learned in leadership training was how not to lead.