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To the Class of 2025— You’ve made it. Caps are being decorated. Tassels are being flipped. Some of you are attempting to savor every last moment of your education, while others already have one foot out the door and the GPS locked on “anywhere but here.” It’s graduation week—a time for speeches, nostalgia, and generic advice about chasing dreams and finding yourself.

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator Each state senator has two staff members, including an administrative aide (AA) and a legislative aide (LA). My AA, Payton, has been in our office nearly a year and will be leaving soon to attend Creighton Law School.

Celebrations As the school year draws to a close, Central City Public Schools looks forward to celebrating a major milestone: the graduation of our senior class. Their journey through Central City culminates in this celebration, which will be held at the Central City High School Dome on May 11th at 2:00 PM.

Kearney, Nebraska. April 2025.

A couple of generations ago the vast majority of Nebraska babies were born at home. But today the views of Nebraskans on home births are polarized, shaped by the state’s restrictive laws, cultural values and concerns that put safety over personal autonomy. Currently Nebraska is the only state in the U.S. where certified nurse midwives (CNMs) are legally prohibited from attending home births. In fact, it is a felony for them to do so. Midwifery was common and legal in Nebraska until 1993, when then Attorney General Don Stenberg issued an opinion stating that lay midwifery was the “unauthorized practice of medicine and surgery.”

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator In the legislature there are two committees that deal with money. One is the Revenue Committee that determines how money is brought into the treasury (think taxes).

This week, I got canceled on the internet. Not for a criminal act.

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator I recently attended the opening of a new home in Clarks that was built using funds from a state program called the Rural Workforce Housing Fund (RWHF). It allows state money to be loaned to builders on an interest free loan for two years or whenever the home is sold, whichever occurs first.