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
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...
(Jackie Harris / The 19th)
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...
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....
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)
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...
Nebraska Sues Nonprofits, Key Funder, Alleging They Financed Ballot Initiatives With ‘Foreign Money’
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...
This Week's News
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.
Listen to the story:
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...
Johnson & Johnson Chairman James E. Burke holds a model of Tylenol caplet while speaking at a news conference in the corporation world headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 18, 1986. Burke announced that the production of Tylenol capsules will be halted because the company cannot prevent tampering with that product. (Tom Costello / AP Photo)
11/11/2025 - 12:00am
When corporate crises hit, the public looks to the CEO. From product recalls to workplace discrimination, to customer mistreatment scandals, CEOs are often thrust into the spotlight and forced to apologize.
But do the exact words they choose really...
A cancer patient’s medical bills are spread on a kitchen table in a home in Salem, Va., in this 2011 photo. A new Trump administration rule would override more than a dozen state laws that shield consumers’ credit reports from medical debt. (Don Petersen / AP Photo)
11/11/2025 - 12:00am
A new Trump administration rule issued late last month would override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from including medical debt, potentially weakening financial protections for millions of Americans.
In recent years, more than a...
11/11/2025 - 12:00am
Union Pacific Railroad is the lone Nebraska-based company publicly known to have donated to the new White House ballroom championed by President Donald Trump. It’s also a Nebraska-based company that will soon need a federal regulator to approve a...
11/11/2025 - 12:00am
American households have become dependent on Amazon.
The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day and 9 billion individual items delivered same-day...
Izmir Gyro House Offerings. (Matt Hebert)
11/11/2025 - 12:00am
I was hot off an anxious trip to O’Reilly’s Auto parts, attempting to remedy some burned out taillights when I realized it was approaching dinnertime and neither me nor the misses had defrosted any meats or otherwise planned for dinner. Spurred-on...
Victor Schwartz, founder and president of VOS Selections, spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Schwartz, a New York-based wine and spirits importer of 40 years, was the lead plaintiff in the case against President Donald Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs. (Ashley Murray / States Newsroom)
11/10/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court during lengthy arguments Wednesday weighed whether President Donald Trump violated the Constitution when he became the first U.S. president to impose sweeping global tariffs under an economic emergency powers...
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11/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office has published the calendar for the 2026 election that includes key dates to know for voters and also for candidates running next year.
Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s office released the calendar...
The roadway in front of the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol is closed to traffic on the 36th day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo)
11/10/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections this week that energized Democrats and angered President Donald Trump have cast a chill over efforts to end the record-breaking government shutdown, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of a breakthrough despite the...
11/10/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced...
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11/10/2025 - 12:00am
Usually, the most honesty we get from our politicians in the United States comes in the form of their undisguised vitriol for their compatriots across the proverbial aisle. I was watching a news clip and almost died from a heart attack. “Praise is...
Nebraska U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith and Mike Flood at St. Teresa Catholic School in Lincoln on Sep. 29, 2025. (Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)
11/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — President Donald Trump weighed in on two Nebraska congressional races with the 2026 midterms still a year away.
Trump — via separate posts on his Truth Social platform — endorsed Nebraska Republican U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith and Mike Flood...
Posters of a person throwing a sandwich are pictured along H Street, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)
11/07/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a...
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11/07/2025 - 12:00am
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking...
11/07/2025 - 12:00am
Scott Wilcox wasn’t surprised when Bayer, one of the largest seed corn producers in the world, did not renew its contract with the detasseling company he owned and operated out of Seward, Neb., after the 2020 season.
In the nine years that Wilcox...
11/06/2025 - 12:00am
In U.S. cities big and small, mayors are finding their tenures shaped by housing shortages, and efforts to build more homes, so that people of any income can afford a place to live.
In a series of conversations, mayors of big cities such as Atlanta...
11/06/2025 - 12:00am
One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away.
At manufactured home parks – sometimes called trailer parks or mobile home parks – rents are rapidly rising due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms.
Although...
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks as she is surrounded by supporters who have urged that Speaker Mike Johnson swear her in, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
11/06/2025 - 12:00am
Principal and principle: the difference between the words is a letter at the end. In elementary school, a distinct memory of the head of my school telling kids just how easy it was to spot the difference between the words: his spelling ended in “pal...
11/06/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The Malcolm X Cultural Center redevelopment project in North Omaha has taken a key step forward with the selection of a San Francisco-based architecture and design firm to lead planning and transformation of the 17-acre site that marks the...
