LINCOLN — Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask.

In an interview that I had done with Executive Director Trish Bergman at the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging some months ago, she had forewarned then of the coming “Silver Tsunami,” which is the coming crisis of boomers getting older and moving into assisted care facilities, as well as going senile and losing support, friends, and partners as the ravages of time take them.

LINCOLN — Nebraska is one of five states the Trump administration selected to participate in a pilot program aimed at improving the way the nation carries out the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is nearing its 30th year.

BLAIR, Neb. — Tucked away on a hillside in Blair, the Dana College campus sat vacant for the better part of 15 years. But in recent years the property has gained new life through the work of a local nonprofit.