Profiles
Dan Schultz transitioned from a military career as an electronic warfare officer to opening a housecleaning franchise. He embraces his military training in building the franchise. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)
Dan Schultz likely could have had his pick of jobs when he retired from the Air Force. Defense-related contractor positions were within his grasp. With two master's degrees, maybe he could have used...
I hate America - hardly. But it wasn’t one person speaking ... It was millions, collectively united as one.
From sea to shining sea and beyond our nation’s shores, people rallied together in rural,...
It is set in stone, unlike the Constitution, our nation’s rule of law, many are valiantly defending to this day.
On Aug. 10, 1875, six attorneys convened at the Douglas County Courthouse to...
With visions of a resurgent neighborhood, supporters of redevelopment in the Saddle Creek see couples strolling through the neighborhood enjoying date nights, families grabbing a bite to eat and...
Writing this article from the perspectives of local, Omaha-Metropolitan mechanics was more difficult than I imagined it being. The idea behind this piece was to provide data on reliable cars (and...
Today’s News
State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha (center) joins advocates for medical cannabis at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, ahead of a public hearing on a regulatory system for the new medicine approved by voters in November 2024, Oct. 15, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — State Sen. John Cavanaugh picked up two more endorsements from local unions in his bid to be the Democratic nominee in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.
The two endorsements came from...
The Trump administration has given corporations plenty of convenient excuses to retreat from their climate commitments, with its moves to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, roll back emissions...
Buses are lined up at the Kansas City Public Schools bus barn in Kansas City, Mo., between morning and afternoon routes. School districts have made some progress in addressing the national shortage of school bus drivers, but there still aren’t as many drivers as there were in 2019. (Kevin Hardy / Stateline)
School districts have made some progress in addressing the national shortage of school bus drivers, but there still aren’t as many drivers as there were in 2019, according to a new study.
The number...
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena tries his hand at one of the railroad's locomotive simulators that are used to train engineers at the company's headquarters in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15, 2023. Union Pacific has reported steady growth ever since Vena took over the company in 2023. (Josh Funk / AP Photo)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network.
Roughly 99% of both...
Matt's booth evolving alongside O Con. (Matt Hebert)
I started writing what would become my first novel when I was a junior in high school way back in 2004. I continued to tinker and add to it over the next ten years. Through college, landing my first...
This Week's News
State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha (center) joins advocates for medical cannabis at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, ahead of a public hearing on a regulatory system for the new medicine approved by voters in November 2024, Oct. 15, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — State Sen. John Cavanaugh picked up two more endorsements from local unions in his bid to be the Democratic nominee in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.
The two endorsements came from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen...
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration has given corporations plenty of convenient excuses to retreat from their climate commitments, with its moves to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, roll back emissions regulations, and scale back clean energy incentives.
But...
Buses are lined up at the Kansas City Public Schools bus barn in Kansas City, Mo., between morning and afternoon routes. School districts have made some progress in addressing the national shortage of school bus drivers, but there still aren’t as many drivers as there were in 2019. (Kevin Hardy / Stateline)
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
School districts have made some progress in addressing the national shortage of school bus drivers, but there still aren’t as many drivers as there were in 2019, according to a new study.
The number of drivers has increased by 2,300, or 1.1%, since...
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena tries his hand at one of the railroad's locomotive simulators that are used to train engineers at the company's headquarters in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15, 2023. Union Pacific has reported steady growth ever since Vena took over the company in 2023. (Josh Funk / AP Photo)
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network.
Roughly 99% of both railroads’ shareholders voted to support the...
Matt's booth evolving alongside O Con. (Matt Hebert)
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
I started writing what would become my first novel when I was a junior in high school way back in 2004. I continued to tinker and add to it over the next ten years. Through college, landing my first big boy job, and getting married it would always...
11/18/2025 - 12:00am
There’s a small sign on every table in the dining room at Johnny’s Cafe, Omaha’s oldest and perhaps original steakhouse.
“103 years,” it reads. “Perfectly aged.”
Johnny’s is a Nebraska icon, still owned by the descendants of a Polish immigrant...
11/17/2025 - 12:00am
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of...
11/17/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender’s crimes — is unclear....
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11/17/2025 - 12:00am
Nebraska’s news junkies and even casual information consumers have full plates: the potential resignations of a University of Nebraska regent and a state legislator; a federal immigration detention camp that materialized on an apparent need-to-know...
11/17/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The longest shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday night when President Donald Trump signed a spending package that reopens the government and funds most of it through January.
The Oval Office ceremony came just hours after the House...
Adj. Gen. Craig Strong (at podium) addresses Nebraska National Guard members alongside (from left) Gov. Jim Pillen, State Sens. Loren Lippincott, Rita Sanders and Tom Brewer, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly to celebrate Guard recruitment and retention legislation, Dec. 10, 2024. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
11/14/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska was set to lead the way July 1 with a new statewide criminal justice diversion program for eligible veterans through evidence-based treatment and case plans. But lawmakers delayed the rollout for two years in the face of growing...
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
11/14/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the House returns Wednesday for the first time in months, Democrat Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in as its newest member, more than seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona to fill the seat last held by her late...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (Chris O’Meara / AP Photo)
11/14/2025 - 12:00am
After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the United States, there has been a sharp reversal in 2025.
So far this year, 41 people have been killed in 11 states, with five more executions scheduled before the end of the year....
11/14/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Douglas County District Court Judge Derek R. Vaughn on Monday as the next associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
The appointment for the Supreme Court’s Second Judicial District replaces the...
Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove waves to the crowd during inauguration ceremonies at the Washington Capitol, in Olympia, Washington, in January. In an interview with Stateline, Upthegrove discussed how Trump administration proposals on the management of public lands are playing out in his state. (Ryan Berry / Washington State Standard)
11/13/2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration has proposed significantly shifting management of the nation’s public lands toward producing more revenue. President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have issued orders aimed at expediting energy production on...
Bishop James Powers, John D. Johnson, Sr., Tribal President of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Sister Sue Ernster pose in front of the Marywood property which was returned to the Tribe on October 31, 2025. (Courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
11/13/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th. Meet Jessica and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
On a sunny afternoon on the shores of Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin, a Catholic sister and a Tribal...
Russ Anderson of Waldoboro, Maine, wears a shawl to help keep warm as he speaks with a reporter in 2023 about the importance of federal programs to help low-income households like his heat their homes. For someone getting by on less than $1,000 a month from Social Security, heating aid could save him the equivalent of three monthly payments, he told The Associated Press. (Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo)
11/13/2025 - 12:00am
As fall turns to winter and temperatures begin to drop, millions of people across the U.S. will struggle to pay their rising energy bills. The government shutdown is making matters even worse: Several states have pushed back the start of their...
11/13/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s McCook prison for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees is now operational, with the first migrants having arrived this week, Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed last Thursday.
Pillen said he expects the first phase of...
11/12/2025 - 12:00am
When Emma Kwapnioski donned her Nebraska high school volleyball official’s shirt in 2021, she wasn’t thinking about her mom. Or her grandfather. Or her great-grandfather.
Nervousness blocked any thoughts of family legacy.
“I read through the case...
(Jackie Harris / The 19th)
11/12/2025 - 12:00am
This reporting was published in partnership with NHPR, a nonprofit public media newsroom based in New Hampshire.
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Erin Moulton’s interest in genealogy was casual at first. It started when people began stopping by her desk at the...
11/12/2025 - 12:00am
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they...
The Downtown Children’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, was able to stay open for working families during the pandemic by using federal grants. (Rebecca Rivas / Missouri Independent)
11/12/2025 - 12:00am
When Congress returns to work and Nebraska lawmakers prepare for the 2026 legislative session in January, there are few issues that garner as much bipartisan support on the federal or state level as child care.
New data from research conducted in...
Nebraska Sues Nonprofits, Key Funder, Alleging They Financed Ballot Initiatives With ‘Foreign Money’
11/12/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska is suing six national nonprofits and a key funder of the organizations, alleging he and the groups illegally spent more than $10 million boosting progressive state ballot initiatives with “foreign money.”
It is the first time the...
