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New Library A Novel Concept 4l2538
It’s an open book – as well it should be. We’re talking about the design concept behind Omaha’s new Central Library – and at the heart of its very mission.
To provide a welcoming space for all people...
In Pursuit of : The Caribbean, Elie’s Chinchorro 6k1w5f
A fresh morning drizzle on Saturday either lended to or came from the heavy fog, priced by downtown Omaha’s few skyscrapers. The view from Cummings Street was thankfully unobstructed as I drove to...
In Pursuit of : Ireland, Brazen Head Pub 4b6jn
It was a hard sell.
I was loitering around in that dark Omaha alleyway, one of those ones that still have those red bricks that bring more character than the unfilled potholes on old concrete. Next...
In Pursuit of : The Temple Of Beauty : Joslyn Art Museum 10536h
Omaha has many religious places of worship, but only one Temple of Beauty. Windowless walls of pink Georgia-marble reach high into the air as if to both catch as much sunlight as possible while also...
‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Explores Family’s Inspirational Journey Navigating Son’s Physical Challenges 3y3a6h
Walking into a New York City pharmacy, Scott LeRette had no idea how life was about to change for him and his family.
LeRette, author of "The Unbreakable Boy," mentioned to the pharmacist he was an...
Today’s News 455a2
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
US Stops Scheduling Visa Interviews For Foreign Students While It Expands Social Media Vetting 691n6a
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on...
Nebraska Judges Again Likely To Receive Pay Raises, Consistent Since 2005 6e1p6q
LINCOLN — As pay raises for Nebraska’s constitutional officers and state lawmakers remain stagnant for decades, the state’s 148 judges are once again likely to receive salary bumps over the next two...
As Nebraska Reports First Measles Case In 8 Years, State Contends With Rising Religious Vaccine Exemptions 1l2w69
As he tracked the growing measles outbreak in Texas, watching with dread as it crossed state lines, Bob Rauner knew there was no time to waste.
Fearful the once common — and life-threatening — virus...
ers of President Donald Trump ride with an effigy of him in their vehicle past other ers gathered for a Presidents Day rally outside the Trump International Golf Club, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Ben Curtis / AP Photo)
One Big Bad Beautiful One Size Fits All Budget Bill 1j2g2s
I asked Don Bacon if he was proud of his vote for the Big Bad Beautiful One Size Fits All Budget Bill the House ed last week.
He said he was proud of the $2,700 he saved me in taxes and the money...
Civil rights activist Whitney M. Young Jr. (center) helped shape the vision of the Model Cities Program. (AP Photo)
Could A Bold Anti-Poverty Experiment From The 1960s Inspire A New Era In Housing Justice? 342f6g
In cities across the U.S., the housing crisis has reached a breaking point. Rents are skyrocketing, homelessness is rising and working-class neighborhoods are threatened by displacement.
These...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
US Stops Scheduling Visa Interviews For Foreign Students While It Expands Social Media Vetting 691n6a
05/30/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.
A U.S. official...
Nebraska Judges Again Likely To Receive Pay Raises, Consistent Since 2005 6e1p6q
05/30/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — As pay raises for Nebraska’s constitutional officers and state lawmakers remain stagnant for decades, the state’s 148 judges are once again likely to receive salary bumps over the next two fiscal years, as they’ve had for 30 of the past 36...
As Nebraska Reports First Measles Case In 8 Years, State Contends With Rising Religious Vaccine Exemptions 1l2w69
05/30/2025 - 12:00am
As he tracked the growing measles outbreak in Texas, watching with dread as it crossed state lines, Bob Rauner knew there was no time to waste.
Fearful the once common — and life-threatening — virus would eventually reach Nebraska, the physician and...
Civil rights activist Whitney M. Young Jr. (center) helped shape the vision of the Model Cities Program. (AP Photo)
Could A Bold Anti-Poverty Experiment From The 1960s Inspire A New Era In Housing Justice? 342f6g
05/29/2025 - 12:00am
In cities across the U.S., the housing crisis has reached a breaking point. Rents are skyrocketing, homelessness is rising and working-class neighborhoods are threatened by displacement.
These challenges might feel unprecedented. But they echo a...
This Program Helps 6 Million Families Pay Their Energy Bills. Here’s What’s At Risk If It’s Cut. 65z1c
05/29/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th. Meet Jessica and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
The Trump istration wants to eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a little...
Rich Gillham is shown a couple years before he died. (Courtesy photo)
A Holiday Remembrance Of Home 393o2y
05/29/2025 - 12:00am
Science informs us that our sense of smell can evoke vivid memories. The phenomenon is sometimes known as the “Proust Effect,” for a scene from Marcel Proust’s novel “Remembrance of Things Past,” when a character’s childhood memories come flooding...
Ideas Flow At Public Meeting For New North Omaha Innovation District Fueled By $30M State Grant 5k1o2q
05/29/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Could North Omaha create its own version of Kansas City’s Keystone Innovation District? Or Indianapolis’ 16 Tech, or the RICE innovation hub in Atlanta, which focuses on building Black businesses?
The three campuses were spotlighted...
Urban Fires Can Mean Long Trips For Helicopters To Get Water. One Firefighter Had A Better Idea 20n43
05/28/2025 - 12:00am
CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter...
Show Of For Immigrants And Refugees Gets Loud On Omaha’s South 24th Street 3g2o6s
05/28/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Dozens packed a popular plaza on South Omaha’s Latino-dominated commercial corridor Thursday afternoon, carrying immigrant-friendly signs and waving bumper stickers that read: Who would Jesus deport?
“Stand in Solidarity” rallygoers heard...
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The Voices We Don’t Hear: Teachers Who Gave Up 24w3m
05/28/2025 - 12:00am
The Voices We Don’t Hear: Teachers Who Gave Up
Pondiscio: So many earnest, well-intended people want to teach but find the job untenable. We should hear what they have to say and learn from them.
By Robert Pondiscio
This story first appeared at The...
Desperate For Teachers, Nebraska Schools Turn Abroad — To The Philippines 3t57
05/28/2025 - 12:00am
SCHUYLER — In a classroom 7,903 miles from home, Dorina Ramos counts down from five.
“Five,” Ramos says in her clear and practiced English, as a teenager ing around handfuls of chips sits back at his desk.
“Four.” A lingering high schooler...
From left: Jay McGraw, Erica Dahm (Jay McGraw’s wife), Phil McGraw and Robin McGraw arrive at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles / AP Photo)
A 700% APR Lending Business Tied To Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing An Alaska Tribe 4f65y
05/27/2025 - 12:00am
A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe
by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, and Megan O’Matz and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big...
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Stop Making Cents: US Mint Moves Forward With Plans To Kill The Penny 185c45
05/27/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump istration says making cents doesn't make sense anymore.
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed...
Police officers stand outside of a Target store as a group of people across the street protest against Pride displays in the store on June 1, 2023, in Miami. Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June, 2024, in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash for its assortment. (Lynne Sladky / AP Photo)
Branding With Backbone: Why Values-Driven Companies Win In A Polarized Market 1j4g4z
05/27/2025 - 12:00am
Let’s be real. Today’s consumers can smell inauthenticity from a mile away. The other words I’d use to describe “inauthenticity?” Fake. Phony.
In a digital-first, -in-seconds world, brands that attempt to appeal to everyone wind up...
The SBH Review: Cattle Call Has Those Dumplings — And Much More 59r4a
05/27/2025 - 12:00am
Cattle Call Restaurant & Bar
cattlecallomaha.com
300 S. 16th St., Omaha, NE
402-594-6004
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 4p.m. to 1a.m.
Sunday 4p.m. to 10p.m.
Closed Monday.
“Fusion” has become a bit of a dirty word in the restaurant world, or at...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom)
Court Order Blocks Trump From Eliminating U.S. Education Department 5i2l41
05/26/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education must temporarily reinstate the hundreds of employees laid off earlier this year and cannot follow through on an executive order from President Donald Trump seeking to dismantle the agency, a federal...
The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 11, 2009. (Anja Niedringhaus / AP Photo)
WHO Is Finalizing A New Treaty That Prepares For The Next Pandemic − But The US Isn’t g 203o3d
05/26/2025 - 12:00am
On March 20, 2025, of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of “intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The...
The Future Of History: Trump Could Leave Less Documentation Behind Than Any Previous US President 6v392z
05/26/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected, from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper to the cloud, safeguarding snapshots of the government and the nation for posterity...
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Needs Of Nebraska Veterans Go Beyond Legislative Proposal f1nz
05/26/2025 - 12:00am
Nebraska’s veterans have served our country with honor and sacrifice, and they’ve earned every available tool to help them access the benefits they were promised upon returning home.
Unfortunately, a bill currently before the Nebraska Legislature,...
Nebraska Ed Package Blows Up, As Push To Infuse Religion Into Public Schools Fails x5q2w
05/26/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — An uneasy compromise that became the Education Committee package bill died on the Nebraska statehouse floor Wednesday, in part because the quest to infuse more religion into public schools failed.
A cross-section of committee ...
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