Jan 31, 2025 · WHAT IS DOCUMENTERS? We train and pay people to attend under-reported public meetings in Omaha and publish the results. We are part of a national network of organizations that seeks to help people understand what’s going on in their local communities by making important information available to the public, encouraging open conversations, and inspiring people to get involved.

1 day ago · A push to improve public safety and neighborhood security dominated discussions at the latest downtown business improvement district meeting, where officials approved a $752,734 budget for 2025-26. The security committee outlined plans for objectives such as enhancing alley lighting and installing ...

1 day ago · The song ends with Eclectic Book Review Club president Mary Lu Larson asking attendees to enjoy cupcakes before launching into the monthly meeting at the Field Club of Omaha. This, the book club’s October meeting, celebrated a major milestone for the Omaha-based group: 75 years in existence. The ...

Jan 16, 2025 · State lawmakers hoped to inspire transformational development in areas like Nebraska Crossing with a 2023 law that resulted in a sales tax cut there and in other designated “good life” districts. Now two years later that project in …

Dec 23, 2024 · FEBRUARY. Four of Nebraska’s largest school districts use debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs. FFP reporter Jeremy Turley uncovered the story that 4 of Nebraska’s largest school districts, including Lincoln, were paying debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs. Lincoln’s school leaders ended the practice almost immediately after …

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Jan 30, 2025 · Metro area’s unsheltered homeless population remains one of the smallest per capita, but advocates say more is needed to help a vulnerable and evolving group. The freezing wind swept across the asphalt. People clutching their coats hustled inside the midtown Omaha Target, scurrying past a shopping ...