Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 03/13/2024 - 5:00am
Ramadan in the Gaza Strip this year will be anything but “normal.”
Malnutrition and disease are claiming dozens of lives. The Gaza Health Ministry said on March 6, 2024, that at least 20 people had died of malnutrition. Many others, it said, were “dying silently,” unable to reach medical facilities.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 03/13/2024 - 4:00am
Education equity advocates are sounding the alarm at a crucial time for America’s public school system — but is anyone listening? There’s a fiscal cliff ahead as the Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) funds that helped schools across the country reopen during the pandemic are set to expire in just seven months. Is anyone bracing for the fall? For the sake of our students and our nation, policymakers and education leaders must heed the warnings of the potential crisis ahead.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 12:00am
The first electric school buses in the United States began running a decade ago in three school districts in California, providing a ride that was much less noisy, smelly and dirty than the diesel buses kids and parents were used to.
Yet despite the availability of the technology all these years, fewer than one percent of the 489,000 school buses in the U.S. were electric at the end of 2023.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — State lawmakers gave first-round approval last Thursday to a measure that would establish “medical respite facilities” for homeless adults in Omaha and Lincoln.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/14/2024 - 5:00am
A century ago, so little was known about heart disease that people who had it resigned themselves to years of bed rest or, worse, an early death. Even less was known about how heart disease affected women – because nobody thought it did.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 02/14/2024 - 2:00am
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's largest city won't be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 8:41am
Does living near a hospital make you more likely to get the health care you need?
Even though the federal government requires nonprofit hospitals to regularly assess the health needs of their surrounding communities and publicly post a plan to address those concerns, many people living nearby struggle to get basic health care.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 8:39am
LINCOLN — Thousands of Nebraska abortion opponents marched Saturday from the State Capitol to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the annual Walk for Life.
But this year’s gathering struck a more somber tone than last year’s, which celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade and sending abortion decisions back to the states.
Gov. Jim Pillen and all five members of Nebraska’s congressional delegation — all Republicans — attended the march, focusing much of their attention on a potential ballot initiative to enshrine abortion in the State Constitution.