Jan 3, 2025 · As Nebraska’s nonprofit newsroom, we hold leaders accountable and bring people together through stories that enlighten and inspire. Your donation supports a free press, the First Amendment, and the right of all Nebraskans to know the truth.

Jan 16, 2025 · State lawmakers hoped to inspire transformational development in areas like Nebraska Crossing with a 2023 law that resulted in a sales tax cut there and in other designated “good life” districts. Now two years later that project in …

1 day ago · A decade ago Pete Miller, one of the first people to do street outreach in Omaha, could find someone an apartment within a month or two of meeting them through a program called Rapid Rehousing — a quick fix with subsidized rent while someone looks for a long-term solution.

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Jan 20, 2025 · Five hundred teachers, principals and superintendents across the state logged onto a Zoom call last week wondering: What do we do if immigration raids affect our school? Among the concerns raised and detailed during the two-hour call: What do we do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ...

Dec 23, 2024 · FEBRUARY. Four of Nebraska’s largest school districts use debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs. FFP reporter Jeremy Turley uncovered the story that 4 of Nebraska’s largest school districts, including Lincoln, were paying debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs. Lincoln’s school leaders ended the practice almost immediately after …

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Sep 5, 2024 · Jeremy Turley covers the Omaha metro area. He worked at newspapers across the Midwest before moving to Nebraska. Most recently, he shivered through several frigid winters in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he covered state government and the COVID-19 pandemic for Forum News Service.

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