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Secure the border

Deb Fischer

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

At the end of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a terrorist in Minnesota. He crossed our southern border in early 2023, and he roamed freely across our country for almost a year before being detained.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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We must respond to Iran

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

It is an indisputable fact that America has an addiction to drugs! Thirty two percent of American adults have received a prescription for opioids in the past two years and 18 percent received a prescription for opioids in the past year.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Rethinking the rules that guide us

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Every one of us can probably think of an example of someone who grew up in a home with plenty of discipline and instruction in self-restraint, and we have witnessed the virtuous character that results from that kind of upbringing.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Chaplains in Nebraska schools

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

While campaigning for this senate seat in 2022, the number one question on many people’s minds was “What is happening in today’s schoolhouses?

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Carrying out the death penalty humanely

Loren Lippincott

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

During my Air Force pilot training we once went into an altitude chamber to discover how our individual bodies reacted to a lack of oxygen to the brain, a condition known as hypoxia.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Tackling tenure in higher education

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

While I was a pilot at Delta Air Lines, every nine months every pilot would have to return to Atlanta for two days of intense simulator training. We would spend six hours each day in a full motion simulator with a 180-degree 3D visual.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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A look ahead at the 2024 Legislative session

Loren Lippincott

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The sound of Christmas bells will barely have died away when the 108th session of the Nebraska legislature gavels into session on Wednesday, Jan. 3. (Each session begins the first Wednesday following the first Monday in January.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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The path of passivity leads to destruction

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Nebraskans are known far and wide for their work ethic. Our state routinely has the lowest unemployment numbers in the nation and many companies seek to employ workers from here! In the Fourth of the 10 Commandments, God writes: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Nebraska and the Middle East

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

For the past nearly two months worldwide attention has been focused on the tiny nation of Israel, but why should we in Nebraska be concerned with what is going on 6,500 miles away in the Middle East.

Deb Fischer represents Nebraska in the United States Senate. Read her column in the Nance County Journal.

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Remembering a Nebraska icon

Deb Fischer

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

This week, we will celebrate the 150th birthday of one of Nebraska’s foremost literary icons: Willa Cather. Cather, who died in 1947, was born on December 7, 1873. One hundred and fifty years after that day, her legacy lives on through her poignant novels — including American classics “O Pioneers!