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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.

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.

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).

Editor: I recently asked a christian religious leader why Christians don’t believe Yahuah’s words in Malachi 4:5,6 are true, which says Yahuah will send Elijah the prophet (not Trump, Biden, Putin, Pope, Jesus, John the Baptist) to turn the father’s minds to their children and the children’s minds...

I don’t remember falling asleep. I just remember the fluorescent fridge light buzzing like a confession booth and the microwave clock blinking 3:02 AM like it knew something I didn’t.

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).

The past several months have been very busy and productive at the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC). As we continue our work into spring, I wanted to share a quarterly update on our efforts over the past three months since the Winter 2024 District 4 Update.

It began with Sean—it’s always Sean. He’s a whirlwind wrapped in denim, a man whose bloodstream pulses with equal parts Monster Energy, beard oil, and raw mischief. Sean’s ideas are rarely sane, frequently questionable, and inevitably epic.