Profiles
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
State Sen. Robert Dover of Norfolk holds a stack of binders containing the budgetary work spearheaded by the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, March 12, 2024. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — Nebraskans now know the first ballot measure or constitutional amendment voters will consider in 2026: whether state lawmakers can serve up to three consecutive four-year terms, instead of...
The Hidden Power Of Cultural Exchanges In Countering Propaganda And Fostering International Goodwill
At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State...
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
His departure,...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., administers the House oath of office to Mike Flood, R-Neb. during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July, 12, 2022. (Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo)
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I find myself saying the Serenity Prayer more and more...
LINCOLN — A legislative proposal that would ban most consumable hemp and other THC products in Nebraska advanced Tuesday without amendments as opponents blocked changes.
Throughout a four-hour debate...
This Week's News
State Sen. Robert Dover of Norfolk holds a stack of binders containing the budgetary work spearheaded by the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, March 12, 2024. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
06/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraskans now know the first ballot measure or constitutional amendment voters will consider in 2026: whether state lawmakers can serve up to three consecutive four-year terms, instead of two.
The change comes with the 39-10 approval...
The Hidden Power Of Cultural Exchanges In Countering Propaganda And Fostering International Goodwill
06/02/2025 - 12:00am
At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State Department that does the same thing for the United States....
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo)
06/02/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent...
06/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A legislative proposal that would ban most consumable hemp and other THC products in Nebraska advanced Tuesday without amendments as opponents blocked changes.
Throughout a four-hour debate on Legislative Bill 316, from State Sen. Kathleen...
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)
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...
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...
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)
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...
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 administration 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)
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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 passing 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)
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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05/27/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration 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)
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, feedback-in-seconds world, brands that attempt to appeal to everyone wind up...
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...
