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Alzheimer's and America

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00am

Elderly and caregivers begin to fill up the seats at the Alzheimers Conference on September 17, 2025.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

In an interview that I had done with Executive Director Trish Bergman at the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging some months ago, she had forewarned then of the coming “Silver Tsunami,” which is the coming crisis of boomers getting older and moving into assisted care facilities, as well as going senile and losing support, friends, and partners as the ravages of time take them.

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Nebraska’s College Students Learning To Talk Again After Kirk’s Death

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00am

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Turning Point USA president Ethnie Barnhouse talk before a Charlie Kirk vigil at UNL on Sept. 17, 2025.
(Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Conservative and liberal students at Nebraska colleges say they want to turn down the temperature on the heated political dialogue dominating national conversations in the weeks since the killing of Charlie Kirk.

But they’ve got their work cut out.

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Trump Administration Taps Nebraska As One Of Five States For TANF Pilot Program

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00am

Shannon Grotrian, director of Nebraska’s Office of Economic Assistance
(Courtesy of State of Nebraska)

LINCOLN — Nebraska is one of five states the Trump administration selected to participate in a pilot program aimed at improving the way the nation carries out the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is nearing its 30th year.

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Shuttered Dana College Campus Revived As Space For Young Adults Aging Out Of Foster Care

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00am

Chris Tonniges (left) CEO of Lutheran Family Services, and Stephanie Gardeman, director of the Root and Rise Program, walk into Mickelsen Hall on the former Dana College campus Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Blair, Neb.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Nebraska Examiner)

BLAIR, Neb. — Tucked away on a hillside in Blair, the Dana College campus sat vacant for the better part of 15 years. But in recent years the property has gained new life through the work of a local nonprofit.

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What If Diapers Were Free For The Parents Who Need Them Most?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00am

Joanne Samuel Goldblum, CEO of the National Diaper Bank Network, accepts a donation of 1.5 million diapers from Babies"R"Us and Huggies No Baby Unhugged, represented by Aric Melzl, General Manager of Huggies Healthcare at Kimberly-Clark at GOOD+ Foundation on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in New York. A portion of the donation (500,000 diapers) went to GOOD+ Foundation, an NDBN member.
(Amy Sussman / AP Images for Huggies)

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‘Jabless’ Idea Not Among States’ Best Practices

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00am

To: The Nebraska Legislature

From: A constituent

Re: Don’t be like Florida

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‘Small But Very Mighty’: Nebraska’s Theater Scene Generates Support For Up-And-Coming Black Actors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00am

Playwright Beaufield Berry said the community of Black theater artists from Omaha is supportive and “incredibly close knit.”
(Photo courtesy of Beaufield Berry)

When playwright Beaufield Berry recently needed actors in New York City for a reading of her musical about Black cowgirls, the Omaha native did what most people would do: She put out a call online.

Among those who auditioned: two fellow Omahans. At the reading, Berry noticed even more faces from back home in the crowd.

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Appeals Ruling Threatens Routine Care Access For Medicaid Enrollees At Planned Parenthood

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the country began telling Medicaid patients Friday that their routine health care appointments will no longer be covered as a federal court order takes effect.

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How This Transgender American Ninja Warrior Athlete Finds Strength In Sports

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00am

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Takeaways From Our Collaboration On Youth Mental Health After The Maui Wildfires

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00am

Maui Hero Project and with Kahākūkahi Ocean Academy members talk after their water academy day in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
(Kevin Fujii / Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Ever since wildfires destroyed Lahaina two years ago, hundreds of students have struggled mentally — and not all have received the help they need.

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Alzheimer's and America

Nebraska’s College Students Learning To Talk Again After Kirk’s Death

Trump Administration Taps Nebraska As One Of Five States For TANF Pilot Program

Shuttered Dana College Campus Revived As Space For Young Adults Aging Out Of Foster Care

What If Diapers Were Free For The Parents Who Need Them Most?

‘Jabless’ Idea Not Among States’ Best Practices

‘Small But Very Mighty’: Nebraska’s Theater Scene Generates Support For Up-And-Coming Black Actors

Appeals Ruling Threatens Routine Care Access For Medicaid Enrollees At Planned Parenthood

How This Transgender American Ninja Warrior Athlete Finds Strength In Sports

Takeaways From Our Collaboration On Youth Mental Health After The Maui Wildfires

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