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
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted the assault charges the Trump administration is pursuing against New Jersey U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver following a clash with law enforcement...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall,...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall,...
Producers across the state were invited to a roundtable discussion in Valparaiso with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. (Courtesy of Gov. Jim Pillen’s Office)
LINCOLN — Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.
The ban related to the...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen sits in his office in the Nebraska State Capitol. To his right is Daisy, a chocolate lab in Pillen’s family, April 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
The Nebraska Legislature last week sent 31 bills to Gov. Jim Pillen for his signature to transform them into state laws. If you’re keeping score at home (Pro tip: You should be.), that’s nearly six...
This Week's News
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted the assault charges the Trump administration is pursuing against New Jersey U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver following a clash with law enforcement earlier this month outside an immigration detention...
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of...
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of...
Producers across the state were invited to a roundtable discussion in Valparaiso with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. (Courtesy of Gov. Jim Pillen’s Office)
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.
The ban related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen sits in his office in the Nebraska State Capitol. To his right is Daisy, a chocolate lab in Pillen’s family, April 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
The Nebraska Legislature last week sent 31 bills to Gov. Jim Pillen for his signature to transform them into state laws. If you’re keeping score at home (Pro tip: You should be.), that’s nearly six times more than the U.S. Congress has sent along to...
05/23/2025 - 12:00am
Never surrendering, the family of Terri McCauley is one step closer to seeing justice as her accused murderer sits in a Sioux City, Iowa, jail, awaiting trial more than 40 years after her death. The Omaha tribal citizen was killed in 1983.
McCauley'...
‘WanderNebraska’ Expands To Promote More Than 200 Museums, Tourist Attractions And Sites Of Interest
05/22/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A Nebraska charitable foundation is stepping up to promote lesser-known museums and historical sites in the state.
“WanderNebraska,” a project of the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, is promoting visits to 213 museums,...
05/22/2025 - 12:00am
In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. government embarked on a radical experiment: It quietly became the nation’s largest housing developer, designing and constructing more than 80 new communities across 26 states in just two years...
05/22/2025 - 12:00am
Early this year, the Nebraska Public Power District paid $5 million for a piece of rural Lancaster County land.
The price tag — around five times the land’s assessed value — is eyebrow raising on its own.
Even more surprising is who sold the land to...
New Zealand's Unofficial Fruit Is The Feijoa, Not The Kiwi. And Part Of The Fun Is In Giving It Away
05/21/2025 - 12:00am
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi. It’s the feijoa.
Known as...
05/21/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
A key House panel on Wednesday advanced legislation that includes a provision aimed at cutting off Medicaid...
05/21/2025 - 12:00am
BEIRUT (AP) — Two cases pushed nutritionist Rana Soboh to wits' end. First, a woman was rushed to a Gaza emergency room after fainting while she breastfed her newborn. She told Soboh she hadn’t eaten in days.
The next day at another medical facility...
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05/21/2025 - 12:00am
“Ask yourself at every moment: ‘Is this necessary?’ ”
Marcus Aurelius’s wisdom thankfully carries through the ages of the Earth to urge us to attention: U.S. citizens have been deported to countries where, upon landing, they no longer have rights....
05/21/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the Omaha-born human rights leader into the state’s Hall of Fame.
John Ewing Jr., who last week became Omaha’s first elected...
Over 1,000 members of Popular Democracy, including disabled Americans who rely on public healthcare, and partner organizations marched to demand no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare, lower prescription drug prices, and the protection of reproductive rights on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 in Washington. (Kevin Wolf / AP Content Services for Popular Democracy)
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Congressional Republicans are poised to make massive spending cuts to the Medicaid program that...
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving its 350,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City.
People who...
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today. From predicting the weather to finding new medicines and even...
Margie Copenhaver, an 83-year-old resident of Eagle Manor in Helena, Mont., pets her robotic pet dog Muffie, Dec. 11, 2020. "Muffie is good company," Copenhaver said. "Muffie talks to me and I talk to her. She is a cutie." The Helena Area Agency on Aging says money for the pets came through federal virus relief funding. (Thom Bridge / Independent Record via AP)
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
Finding ways to support older adults during trying times is not new. In 1965, Congress passed the Older Americans Act to complement the medical role of Medicare and Medicaid.
The challenges faced by older adults were increasingly clear, especially...
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later.
Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later.
Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...
05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later.
Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (center) shakes hands with State Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, whom the governor worked with to merge two state agencies in efforts to focus attention on the state’s water resources. To the right is State Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, May 7, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A new “One Big Beautiful Bill” unveiled Wednesday will be the last train out of Nebraska’s 2025 legislative session for additional property tax relief this year.
The new amendment to Legislative Bill 170, led by State Sen. Tom Brandt of...
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus.
Trump, in an exchange with...
Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
by Robert Faturechi and Brandon Roberts
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
DULLES, Virginia (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home, which the country's government strongly denies.
The decision to admit the...
Family Educator Angie Malafronti gathers part of her classroom to release butterflies on the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
As the recipient of Nebraska’s largest Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant, we’ve made a promise: to show up with care, consistency and compassion, especially when families face the toughest of times. Our work with CRCC, CSI, Educare...
05/19/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Frustration over streets, a streetcar and seeing the same mayor for three terms showed at the ballot box Tuesday as politically divided Omaha voters sent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert into retirement in lieu of a fourth term.
They elected...
