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How the ‘blue dot’ of Omaha could decide the race for president

6:05pm October 17, 2024

by Tamara Keith

If Vice President Harris were to win the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, she would be short one electoral vote to win the election. That’s where Omaha comes in.

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A GOP push to change how Nebraska awards its electoral votes appears to have stalled

7:55pm September 23, 2024

Republicans have sought to have the state switch to a winner-take-all system. The change would block one of Vice President Harris' main paths to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

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More rain is possible in the deluged Midwest as flooding kills 2 and threatens a dam

2:16am June 25, 2024

by The Associated Press

Severe storms are forecast for Tuesday in parts of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska and showers and storms are also possible in parts of South Dakota and Minnesota.

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

6:04pm May 28, 2024

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

Terry Kicking sifts through the damage after a tornado leveled his home on Friday in Omaha, Neb.

National

Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

9:18am April 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Neb.

Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha, Neb., on Friday.

National

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

8:49pm April 26, 2024

by The Associated Press

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Nov. 8, in Des Moines. Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out.

Iowa, Nebraska won't participate in U.S. food assistance program for kids this summer

1:33pm December 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

The federal program gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out. A Democratic Iowa lawmaker called it a "cruel and short-sighted decision."

Sharon Hudson (left) has advanced Alzheimer's. But she smiles and giggles when her daughter, Lana Obermeyer, visits at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Syracuse, Nebraska.

Health & Safety

Rural nursing home operators say new staff rules would cause more closures

5:01am September 14, 2023

by Tony Leys

The Biden administration says a recently proposed minimum staffing standard would help ensure quality care, but nursing home leaders predict it will accelerate a trend of closures in rural America.

Juju Tyner of Lincoln, right, leads the singing of "Over the Rainbow" during the protest of LB 574, which limits gender-affirming care for trans youth, on Friday, May 19, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb.

National

Nebraska passes 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care

5:15am May 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

The state's Legislature passed a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for people under 19. The state's Republican governor has promised to sign it into law.

Students help run the Circle C Market in rural Cody, Neb., as part of classwork. As rural areas struggle to keep traditional grocery stores, some communities are finding innovative ways to keep the stores running.

Rural grocery stores are dying. Here's how some small towns are trying to save them

12:48pm April 19, 2023

by Aaron Bonderson

When a town loses its grocery store, it also loses a local source of healthy food and a place for neighbors to gather and connect. But some communities are finding innovative ways to keep shops open.