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Body There was a time when I was just a kid with a notepad and a camera, trying to capture the pulse of a town, scribbling down whatever I could before the final buzzer sounded or my deadline hit me like a linebacker with something to prove.

Body This year I have introduced in the Legislature LB 550, which empowers parents by giving them a stronger voice in their children’s education while equipping schools with additional resources to support student success.

Body The fight for civilization never ends. It just gets new branding. One generation is swinging tomahawks and flintlocks in the wilderness, the next is firing off passive-aggressive tweets and brawling over bottled water at Costco. The battle never stops—it just gets dumber.

Body Read Across America week is a fun week to celebrate all the fun you can have with reading! This week at the Elementary School, we will be celebrating by having dress up days, playing games, enjoying birthday cake and reading so many stories! “You can find magic wherever you look.

Body Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator With the rising concern over the mental and emotional health of today’s teenagers, I have introduced LB 549 into the Nebraska Legislature which would authorize individual school districts to utilize the services of a school chaplain to meet...

Body I staggered through the front door like a man who had seen things— things that can’t be unseen, things that leave a mark on your soul.

Body Editor: Water Boy is requesting help from the public. The below is in response to a comment made a week ago.

Body I recently attended a function where a friend said, “We have returned to an age of common sense!” He was referring to a statement made by President Trump in signing the “No Men In Women’s Sports Executive Order.” Trump said men will play in male sports and women in women’s sports.

Body Editor: Central City Friends Meeting is a welcoming and inclusive Meeting in which attendees have a safe place to express themselves. In these times we want to affirm that we welcome the stranger and downtrodden.

Body I was but a boy when that first Facebook invite arrived in my inbox—The One. An invitation to a new world where status updates were sacred, where “poking” someone was the height of digital flirtation, and where your social standing was measured in the grand currency of “Likes.”