Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 5:00am
Omaha, Neb. May 16, 2023 — No More Empty Pots will partner with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a $25 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the creation of the Heartland Regional Foods Business Center.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 3:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Near the end of 2021, Jessica Callahan was living in Columbus, Ohio, working as a social science researcher and wondering if there was a better way to support herself. Her friends Julie Ross and Austin Carter had similar thoughts and a similar solution: Open a bookstore.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 4:00am
SÃO PAULO (AP) — When Alessandra Korap was born in the mid-1980s, her Indigenous village nestled in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil was a haven of seclusion. But as she grew up, the nearby city of Itaituba, with its bustling streets and commercial activity, crept closer and closer.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — Grant funds have gone unclaimed, so a state agency has extended the deadline for Nebraskans with high nitrate levels in private wells to obtain rebates to finance reverse osmosis systems.
Only 92 applications were received by a March 31 deadline for the $1.2 million available for the program.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 3:00am
Nicholas Dagen Bloom does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 04/05/2023 - 4:00am
Planned Parenthood North Central States has fired two members of the elected bargaining team in charge of negotiating wages, benefits and working conditions for hundreds of newly unionized employees across five states, including Nebraska.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 5:00am
OMAHA — The kids are back.
A longtime vacant corner at 48th and Q Streets — once home to a public elementary school that closed 30 years ago — has a new tenant, with a familiar youthful energy.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 4:00am
Despite the heightened poverty and unemployment seen when the COVID-19 pandemic got underway, many low-income U.S. children did not experience a decline in their emotional and mental health, we found in a new study.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 5:00am
Nonprofits that serve people of color or are led by nonwhite executive directors have a harder time getting the funding they need than other organizations, increasing their financial hardships.