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The exterior of the new Omaha Central Library on 72nd and Dodge streets is set to open in the Spring of 2026.
(Dan Schwalm © 2025 HDR)

New Library A Novel Concept 

It’s an open book – as well it should be. We’re talking about the design concept behind Omaha’s new Central Library – and at the heart of its very mission. To provide a welcoming space for all people...
An outstanding Cuban rated 10/10 by an old South Omaha Dad, with crispy fries. Worth it to go and try if you are looking for the perfect Cuban.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

In Pursuit of : The Caribbean, Elie’s Chinchorro

A fresh morning drizzle on Saturday either lended to or came from the heavy fog, priced by downtown Omaha’s few skyscrapers. The view from Cummings Street was thankfully unobstructed as I drove to...
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

In Pursuit of : Ireland, Brazen Head Pub

It was a hard sell. I was loitering around in that dark Omaha alleyway, one of those ones that still have those red bricks that bring more character than the unfilled potholes on old concrete. Next...
A beautiful view from the new expansion of the Joslyn Art Museum, to the old, and sacred.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

In Pursuit of : The Temple Of Beauty : Joslyn Art Museum

Omaha has many religious places of worship, but only one Temple of Beauty. Windowless walls of pink Georgia-marble reach high into the air as if to both catch as much sunlight as possible while also...
Zachary Levi portrays Scott LeRette, who wrote the book, in the film adaptation of “The Unbreakable Boy.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Explores Family’s Inspirational Journey Navigating Son’s Physical Challenges

Walking into a New York City pharmacy, Scott LeRette had no idea how life was about to change for him and his family. LeRette, author of "The Unbreakable Boy," mentioned to the pharmacist he was an...

Today’s News


Over 1,000 members of Popular Democracy, including disabled Americans who rely on public healthcare, and partner organizations marched to demand no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare, lower prescription drug prices, and the protection of reproductive rights on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 in Washington. (Kevin Wolf / AP Content Services for Popular Democracy)

No Proof Of Work Could Mean No Medicaid — And Women Stand To Lose The Most

This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Congressional Republicans are poised to make...
Union members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen form a picket line outside the NJ Transit Headquarters on Friday, May 16, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. 
(Stefan Jeremiah / AP Photo)

Strike By New Jersey Transit Train Engineers Leaves Some 350,000 Commuters In The Lurch

Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving its 350,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross...
The operating system of the High Performance Computing and Storage Complex II (HRSK-II) works during the official opening of the data center of the Lehmann Center (LZR) of the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. 
(Jens Meyer / AP Photo)

Challenges To High-Performance Computing Threaten US Innovation

High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today. From...

Margie Copenhaver, an 83-year-old resident of Eagle Manor in Helena, Mont., pets her robotic pet dog Muffie, Dec. 11, 2020. "Muffie is good company," Copenhaver said. "Muffie talks to me and I talk to her. She is a cutie." The Helena Area Agency on Aging says money for the pets came through federal virus relief funding. (Thom Bridge / Independent Record via AP)

Support Helps Nebraska Area Agencies On Aging Help Others

Finding ways to support older adults during trying times is not new. In 1965, Congress passed the Older Americans Act to complement the medical role of Medicare and Medicaid. The challenges faced by...
A panel of longtime franchise owners discuss their successes and the challenges facing the in-home senior care industry during Right at Home’s annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Right At Home Impacts International In-Home Senior Care Over 30 Years

When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later. Sitting inside a small office on the third...

This Week's News


Over 1,000 members of Popular Democracy, including disabled Americans who rely on public healthcare, and partner organizations marched to demand no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare, lower prescription drug prices, and the protection of reproductive rights on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 in Washington. (Kevin Wolf / AP Content Services for Popular Democracy)

No Proof Of Work Could Mean No Medicaid — And Women Stand To Lose The Most

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Congressional Republicans are poised to make massive spending cuts to the Medicaid program that...
Union members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen form a picket line outside the NJ Transit Headquarters on Friday, May 16, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. 
(Stefan Jeremiah / AP Photo)

Strike By New Jersey Transit Train Engineers Leaves Some 350,000 Commuters In The Lurch

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving its 350,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City. People who...
The operating system of the High Performance Computing and Storage Complex II (HRSK-II) works during the official opening of the data center of the Lehmann Center (LZR) of the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. 
(Jens Meyer / AP Photo)

Challenges To High-Performance Computing Threaten US Innovation

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today. From predicting the weather to finding new medicines and even...

Margie Copenhaver, an 83-year-old resident of Eagle Manor in Helena, Mont., pets her robotic pet dog Muffie, Dec. 11, 2020. "Muffie is good company," Copenhaver said. "Muffie talks to me and I talk to her. She is a cutie." The Helena Area Agency on Aging says money for the pets came through federal virus relief funding. (Thom Bridge / Independent Record via AP)

Support Helps Nebraska Area Agencies On Aging Help Others

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
Finding ways to support older adults during trying times is not new. In 1965, Congress passed the Older Americans Act to complement the medical role of Medicare and Medicaid. The challenges faced by older adults were increasingly clear, especially...
A panel of longtime franchise owners discuss their successes and the challenges facing the in-home senior care industry during Right at Home’s annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Right At Home Impacts International In-Home Senior Care Over 30 Years

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later. Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...
A panel of longtime franchise owners discuss their successes and the challenges facing the in-home senior care industry during Right at Home’s annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Right At Home Impacts International In-Home Senior Care Over 30 Years

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later. Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...
A panel of longtime franchise owners discuss their successes and the challenges facing the in-home senior care industry during Right at Home’s annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Right At Home Impacts International In-Home Senior Care Over 30 Years

05/20/2025 - 12:00am
When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later. Sitting inside a small office on the third floor of a historic building in downtown Fremont -...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (center) shakes hands with State Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, whom the governor worked with to merge two state agencies in efforts to focus attention on the state’s water resources. To the right is State Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, May 7, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

Lawmakers Unveil Nebraska’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Aimed At Property Tax Relief

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A new “One Big Beautiful Bill” unveiled Wednesday will be the last train out of Nebraska’s 2025 legislative session for additional property tax relief this year. The new amendment to Legislative Bill 170, led by State Sen. Tom Brandt of...
President Donald Trump shakes hands with with Yousif Al Obaidli, director of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, during a tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 
(Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

Trump Says The US And Iran Have 'Sort Of' Agreed On The Terms For A Nuclear Deal

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus. Trump, in an exchange with...

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million In Trump Media Stock The Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs by Robert Faturechi and Brandon Roberts ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. 
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)

Trump Administration Welcomes 59 White South Africans As Refugees

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
DULLES, Virginia (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home, which the country's government strongly denies. The decision to admit the...

Family Educator Angie Malafronti gathers part of her classroom to release butterflies on the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)

Why Nebraskans Keep Standing Up For Head Start

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
As the recipient of Nebraska’s largest Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant, we’ve made a promise: to show up with care, consistency and compassion, especially when families face the toughest of times. Our work with CRCC, CSI, Educare...
John Ewing with his daughters before results were announced Tuesday night. 
(Courtesy of Howard K. Marcus)

Ewing Sends Stothert Packing, Gives Heart Of ‘Blue Dot’ A Democratic Mayor

05/19/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Frustration over streets, a streetcar and seeing the same mayor for three terms showed at the ballot box Tuesday as politically divided Omaha voters sent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert into retirement in lieu of a fourth term. They elected...

Astronaut footprints are still intact on the lunar surface because the Moon doesn’t have weather. But nearby spacecraft or rovers could kick up dust and cover them. (AP Photo)

Space Law Doesn’t Protect Historical Sites, Mining Operations And Bases On The Moon – A Space Lawyer Describes A Framework That Could

05/16/2025 - 12:00am
April 2025 was a busy month for space. Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical issue for the...
Logan Feeney pours a water sample with forever chemicals, known as PFAS, into a container for research, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati.
 (Joshua A. Bickel / AP Photo)

EPA Announces Rollback For Some Biden-Era Limits On So-Called Forever Chemicals In Drinking Water

05/16/2025 - 12:00am
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the...
Brian Blackford. 
(Via Flatwater Free Press)

‘Like A Threat’: Mass Email Urging Immigrants To Self-Deport Sows Fear, Confusion In Nebraska

05/16/2025 - 12:00am
In late March, clients started calling Brian Blackford with the same question. They sounded scared, he says. Desperate. I got this email, they asked the Omaha-based immigration attorney. Does this mean I have to flee the country?  That’s what the...
Some of the many signs held by protestors at Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska on April 5th for the “hands off” rally.
(Carla Chance / The Daily Record)

50501 Movement Sounds Rally Cry

05/16/2025 - 12:00am
Move over pussycats, in deference to the pink-hatted women’s movement of previous elections cycles, there’s a new breed of peaceful protestors in town. Consider it a coup… People of all ages, sectors, socioeconomic backgrounds throughout the nation...
Homevestors welcomed its 800th franchise, as well as 75 other new franchises, in first quarter 2017. 
(Business Wire)

“Incalculable” Damage: How A “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left A Trail Of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

05/15/2025 - 12:00am
“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
A tunnel discovered under the ground near 27th and Leavenworth Street where an apartment building is to rise. Developers said building data had no record.
(Courtesy of Hausmann Construction)

$43M Omaha Apartment Project Becomes Like An Unexpected Archeological Dig

05/15/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA —  Backhoes digging out a future apartment site in Omaha’s urban core unearthed some unexpected remnants of an old dairy factory that once distributed milk to doorsteps via horse-drawn wagons. Among the surprises: mysterious tunnels; intact...

Cherish Lake, a Florida International University senior and hospitality major, participates in a protest against cuts in federal funding and an agreement by campus police to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on the FIU campus on a day of protests around the country in support of higher education, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Miami. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo)

America’s Investment In Education Is Lagging — And The Workforce Pays The Price

05/15/2025 - 12:00am
America’s Investment in Education Is Lagging — and the Workforce Pays the Price Brown: America once led the world, but the global economy is evolving and other nations are surging ahead. We must recommit to innovation & training. By Courtney...
Rendering of fountain area of future Creighton University “quadrangle,” a project described as the largest physical reshaping of the campus in its 147-year history. 
(Courtesy of OJB)

Creighton University Embarks On $25M Project Changing Landscape Of Urban Campus, Downtown Omaha

05/15/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Omaha’s Creighton University campus is soon to start building “one of the most sweeping projects” in its nearly 150-year history: a 251,500-square-foot gathering space with a stage, amphitheater and price tag of up to $25 million. The...
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Thursday, May 8, 2025. 
(Domenico Stinellis / AP Photo)

From The Moment He Steps Onto The Balcony, Each Pope Signals His Style Of Leadership – Here’s How Pope Leo XIV’s Appearance Compares With Pope Francis’ First

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
As crowds celebrated in St. Peter’s Square, a man in white and red stepped onto the balcony of the basilica, prompting cheers from the plaza. It was American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost: Pope Leo XIV, as he will now be known. On May 8, 2025 –...
Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. 
(Evan Vucci / AP Photo)

Bill Gates Pledges His Remaining Fortune To The Gates Foundation, Which Will Close In 20 Years

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an estimated $107 billion. The pledge is among the...

Kidney donor Nija Butler (left) and kidney recipient Ambrealle Brown are photographed the day before graduating from Baton Rouge General's School of Nursing on April 28, 2025 in central Louisiana. (Stephen Smith / AP Photo

Daughter Says Mom 'Gave Me Life Twice' With Kidney Donation As Pair Graduate Nursing School Together

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
Nearly two years after the successful transplant, the Louisiana mother and daughter shared another journey. Donning white caps and gowns, they walked across the stage together in Baton Rouge and graduated from nursing school. “As parents, we always...
AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith.
(Kevin Wolf / AP Images for Boys & Girls Clubs of America)

As Trump Slashes AmeriCorps, States Lose A Federal Partner In Community Service

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Hillary Kane learned on a Saturday morning in April that within days, she would lose AmeriCorps funding for two programs that match mentors with West Philadelphia high schoolers and first-generation college students — both vulnerable...

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Pool via AP)

A Thucydidean Trap

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
Does anyone else think America is going to war in a few years, or is it just the U.S. military that believes that? I don’t mean it in a gung-ho marine “oorah," military-readiness way in which America’s armies say they should always be prepared. Oh...
The glass, ground up in a sand-like texture, can be mixed with asphalt and concrete for road construction, according to Nathan Lund with the city. 
(Abiola Kosoko / Flatwater Free Press)

Nebraskans Throw Tons Of Glass Into Landfills Each Year. Some Are Trying To Change That.

05/14/2025 - 12:00am
Roaming around his family farm near Nebraska City, Daryl Steinman discovered old bottles and jars in piles of charred debris. Brown, green, clear, some embossed with makers’ marks harkening back to before he was born in 1965. He occasionally...

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