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No Longer Affordable: Nebraskans Say Rent Costs Are A Major Stressor
Chuck Martens does landscaping at his apartment complex in Omaha to afford rent. (Noelle Annonen / Nebraska Public Media News) Chuck Martens trims the hedges at his apartment complex in Omaha. (Noelle Annonen / Nebraska Public Media News) By Noelle Annonen When Chuck Martens could no longer afford his rent, he came up with a solution. He negotiated with his
Holding Up Good Legislation
Voters wait in line and fill out their ballots at a voting center at Lumen Field Event Center on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo) By Tom Becka Now let me get this straight. President Trump won’t sign bipartisan legislation to make it easier for people to buy a house until Congress passes legislation that will make it harder
Feds Encourage Public Housing Authorities To Impose Work Rules, Time Limits
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is currently finalizing a rule that would allow public housing authorities and property owners who participate in federal housing voucher programs to impose work requirements and time limits on aid recipients. (Photo courtesy of HUD Office of Public Affairs) By Robbie Sequeira States Newsroom Dozens of pub
Omaha Port Authority, Backed By $30M State Grant, Amasses Property For ‘Innovation District’
At the site of the first phase of an “innovation district” to be developed by the Omaha Inland Port Authority near 30th Street and Ames Avenue is Garry Clark, OIPA executive director. OIPA estimates its initial investment at roughly $30 million, the same amount as a state grant it received to help fund the venture. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner) Repres
Nebraska’s Comfort Food
SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. (Nam Y. Huh, / AP Photo) By Tom Becka There have been times in my life when I’ve been dead-ass broke. Too much month at the end of my money, as the old country and western song goes. Thankfully, I’ve never been in a situation where I had to apply for SNAP benefits or g
Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Hy-Vee Has Failed To Pay Overtime Wages
(Photo by Google Earth) By Clark Kauffman Iowa Capital Dispatch A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hy-Vee Inc., alleging the grocery store chain violates federal labor laws by failing to pay overtime for department managers. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on behalf of former employee Dawn Ni
Egg Producers Will Pay $3.3M And Donate 53 Million Eggs To Settle Price-Fixing Claims
Eggs are seen in a carton on Monday, April 13, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (Jenny Kane / AP Photo) By Wyatte Grantham-Philips The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices,
Bumpy Road For Omaha Business Park Boosted By $90M From State Leads To First Tenant, 150 Jobs
Michael Maroney (left) of the Omaha Economic Development Corp. speaks to community members in January about one of multiple sites the OEDC-led private development team was seeking to buy for a business park project funded in part by a $90 million state grant. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner) By Cindy Gonzalez Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — The sometimes contr
Comcast Plans To Split Into Two Public Companies By Spinning Off NBCUniversal And Sky
A Comcast truck is shown on Jan. 24, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo) By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Michelle Chapman The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Communications giant Comcast is planning to split itself into two: one media-centered business that would include brands like NBCUniversal and Sky and a separate company focused on broadband a
The Changing Look of American Immigration Over 250 Years
A look at 250 years of American immigration. (Image created by Tim Trudell using ChatGPT) UNO professors discuss immigration over the United States’ first 250 years as a nation. (Left to right): Cristián Doña-Reveco, Thomas Sanchez and Danielle Battisti. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record) By Tim Trudell The Daily Record The ethnic faces of America continually
The World Is Yours For The Making
3D Print Stop owner Jordan Points. (Matt Hebert) By Matt Hebert Over the last decade, 3D printing has consistently progressed its way from fringe curiosity to ubiquitous resource in multiple facets of modern life. Where once you might find one Comic Con vendor out of two hundred selling a handful of colorful, articulated dragon fidgets, now you can find a mo
A Nebraska Photographer Rode His Bike From Texas To Canada. He Did It For The Cranes.
A pickup carrying water, food, other supplies and at least one support person drives with Andy Caven (left) and Mike Forsberg, pictured at Rowe Sanctuary, on their 2,500-mile bike ride from south Texas to northern Saskatchewan. Their bicycles are designed for gravel roads and "bikepacking." (Photo courtesy of Lori Potter) Some of the approximately 550 migrat
Why Only 13% Of Surplus Food Gets Donated By US Supermarkets And Other Retailers To Help Hungry People – And How Food Pantries Are Trying To Gather More
Farmland's food truck delivers meals to Food Bank for the Heartland employees and volunteers as part of its Honoring the Heartland Tour Monday, July 26, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. (Eric Francis / AP Images for Farmland) By John Lowrey The Conversation Low-income Americans need more help getting enough to eat, but not much of the food retailers that sell groceries
3 Firefighters Killed In Colorado Remembered For Their Bravery As Wildfires Churn In The West
This photo provided by Holly Tuckett shows wildland firefighter Sydney Watson at the North Carolina WRTEX event near Singletary Lake, N.C., on Feb. 27, 2023. (Holly Tuckett via AP) By Jessica Hill, Wufei Yu, John Seewer The Associated Press With wildfires burning across many Western states, wildland firefighters gathered Sunday to pay tribute to three of the