Omaha mayor challenges residents to be good neighbors to students as school year approaches
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Omaha’s mayor launched a new monthly “Good Neighbor” initiative Friday, with August’s focus centered on supporting students across all learning spectrums, as the school year begins. Community members are encouraged to tell the mayor’s office how they plan to be a good neighbor or nominate someone who inspires […]
Could Omaha’s ‘sinkholes’ be connected to the type of soil?
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Three major holes have opened on Omaha city streets since the start of 2025 in the Aksarben, Blackstone, and Downtown neighborhoods. Nebraska State Geologist says most of the soil in Omaha is loess. Loess is known for being loose and erodes easily. BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – […]
Court records reveal new details among non-Nebraska petitioners arrested for suspected fraud
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify court records regarding the ongoing investigation into suspected fraudulent signatures on the Lincoln petitions. LINCOLN — Court records indicate new details on how law enforcement narrowed in on five out-of-state individuals arrested in connection with gathering allegedly fraudulent signatures […]
Nebraska Democrats, Working Families Party sue ‘Working People Party’
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — The Nebraska Democratic Party and the national Working Families Party have sued Nebraska’s Working People Party to block it from the fall ballot. The two objecting parties are asking Lancaster District Court Judge Darla Ideus to stop Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen from officially recognizing […]
CORRECTION: Investigation of $2.5M no-bid contract still with Lincoln Police Department
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Editor’s Note: This story was updated to note the investigation is still with the Lincoln Police Department. LINCOLN — An investigation of a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract between the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and a contractor Gov. Jim Pillen recommended remains with the Lincoln Police Department. […]
Search is on for 2026 most popular item manufactured in Nebraska
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — The fifth annual “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” competition has started, with nominations to be accepted through August followed by public voting in September. The contest — designed as an image-booster for the state’s manufacturing industry — has grown in popularity, with some 40,000 votes cast […]
Legal Marijuana NOW candidate says he never planned to leave Senate race
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Legal Marijuana NOW U.S. Senate candidate Mike Marvin told the Examiner that he never planned to leave the race. Marvin said that, as of “right now,” he doesn’t plan to hold any campaign events before the November election. Marvin is currently running alongside nonpartisan U.S. Senate […]
OPINION: Belief, popularity differ from the truth
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner When historians finish chronicling the politics and cultural issues of this age, librarians and booksellers may have to file those annals among other works of fiction. That’s because the conundrum of our time has become our tenuous relationship with the truth. There’s more. Considering our wont to let […]
More than half the homes in east Omaha have unsafe lead levels. That doesn’t mean the EPA will clean them up.
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Más del 50% de los hogares del este de Omaha tiene niveles inseguros de plomo. No significa que la EPA los limpiará.
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