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At Nebraska’s Native American Boarding School, Location Of Child Graves And Closure Prove Elusive

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00am

A photo from 1924 shows Fiscus‘ grandmother, Laura Eliza DeCora (left), and her aunt Mildred Lowe.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Flatwater Free Press)

Carolyn Fiscus knows where her aunt, Mildred Lowe, spent her final days.

She knows the 12-year-old Winnebago girl became gravely ill in the winter of 1930 at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial Boarding School. She knows Mildred died.

She does not know where her aunt was buried.

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Nebraska Suicide Mortality Review Team Proposal, With Emphasis On Veterans, Advances

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — State lawmakers are looking to boost action by recent governors to combat suicide in Nebraska through new legislation with an extra focus on veterans and their families.

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Housing Advocates Converge At Capitol, Praise Bostar Law That Helps Ward Off Investors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 7:00am

Amanda Brewer, chief executive of Habitat for Humanity of Omaha introduces Habitat homeowner Autumn Austin during a “Homeownership Matters” rally at the State Capitol Thursday.
(Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity)

LINCOLN — Habitat for Humanity of Omaha calls it the “equity promise.”

It’s new, and essentially a “pay-it-forward” pact in which the nonprofit’s homebuyer clients who receive downpayment and other assistance agree to certain resale restrictions designed to keep a house affordable for generations to come.

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Don’t Kill Tenure; Make It Work For Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 6:00am

Across the country, states like Texas, North Carolina, and Florida have sought to weaken or eliminate tenure in public higher education.

Now, Nebraska is considering Legislative Bill 551, a bill that would abolish tenure at public colleges and universities statewide. Supporters argue that tenure hinders flexibility, protects underperforming faculty and suppresses ideological diversity.

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Want To Stay Healthier And Fulfilled Later In Life? Try Volunteering

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00am

As gerontologists – social scientists who study aging populations – we envision a future in which older people leave a doctor’s visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something.

Does that sound far-fetched? There’s scientific research backing it up.

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Scientists Shielding Farming From Climate Change Need More Public Funding. But They're Getting Less

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 3:00am

A villager tends to his vegetable garden in a plot that is part of a climate-smart agriculture program funded by the United States Agency for International Development in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, Sept. 19, 2024.
(Aaron Ufumeli / AP Photo)

Erin McGuire spent years cultivating fruits and vegetables like onions, peppers and tomatoes as a scientist and later director of a lab at the University of California-Davis. She collaborated with hundreds of people to breed drought-resistant varieties, develop new ways to cool fresh produce and find ways to make more money for small farmers at home and overseas.

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The CDC Buried A Measles Forecast That Stressed The Need For Vaccinations

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 3:00am

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.
(Mary Conlon / AP Photo)

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

by Patricia Callahan

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Omaha Teen’s Artwork Crosses Finish Line in Iditarod

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 7:00am

The winning art design for the Iditarod education program was created by Teagan Rodrigo, a seventh-grade student at Concordia Junior-Senior High School in northwest Omaha.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Jessie Holmes crossed the finish line at the 2025 Iditarod, a little bit of Teagan Rodrigo was with the champion. The Omaha teen's art was featured on envelopes carried by each of the 33 mushers participating in the Alaska dog sled race.

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200 Years After The Creation Of Braille, Blind People In Mali Say It Has Allowed Them To Fit In

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00am

A Braille alphabet on display in Bamako, Mali, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.
(Moustapha Diallo / AP Photo)

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.

Two hundred years have passed since the invention of braille, the tactile writing system that has transformed the lives of many blind and partially sighted people by offering a path to literacy and independence.

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‘Truth Has To Come Out’: New Omaha Play Puts Women Center Stage In Prison Reform Debate

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 4:00am

All her life, nobody wanted to hear what Christy Farlee had to say.

“I was just an addict, in trouble all the time, no good, in and out of prison,” the Lincoln woman said.

But that’s changing. Now, for what feels like the first time in Farlee’s life, “my voice has importance and can do something.”

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At Nebraska’s Native American Boarding School, Location Of Child Graves And Closure Prove Elusive

Nebraska Suicide Mortality Review Team Proposal, With Emphasis On Veterans, Advances

Housing Advocates Converge At Capitol, Praise Bostar Law That Helps Ward Off Investors

Don’t Kill Tenure; Make It Work For Nebraska

Want To Stay Healthier And Fulfilled Later In Life? Try Volunteering

Scientists Shielding Farming From Climate Change Need More Public Funding. But They're Getting Less

The CDC Buried A Measles Forecast That Stressed The Need For Vaccinations

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

Omaha Teen’s Artwork Crosses Finish Line in Iditarod

200 Years After The Creation Of Braille, Blind People In Mali Say It Has Allowed Them To Fit In

‘Truth Has To Come Out’: New Omaha Play Puts Women Center Stage In Prison Reform Debate

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