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McKinney-backed pilot program to steer youths from trouble is rescued, for now

2 weeks ago | 1011now.com | Cindy Gonzalez

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - After anger, threats of stalling legislation and accusations of discrimination, the Unicameral on Thursday resurrected a priority bill by State Sen. Terrell McKinney to help keep at-risk youths out of jail. It’s now part of another proposal that advanced. Earlier in the day, McKinney’s Legislative Bill 48 was doused on a 22-14 vote. Eleven lawmakers marked present but not voting. That led the North Omaha legislator to call opponents hypocrites.
McKinney-backed pilot program to steer youths from trouble is rescued, for now

3 weeks ago | hastingstribune.com | Cindy Gonzalez
Nebraska Supremes take show on road, hold court at Omaha high school

3 weeks ago | kearneyhub.com | Cindy Gonzalez

Omaha Bryan High School students listen to the "traveling" Nebraska Supreme Court that convened at the high school on April 2, 2025. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)OMAHA — It was not your typical day in the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Nebraska Supremes take show on road, hold court at Omaha high school

3 weeks ago | hastingstribune.com | Cindy Gonzalez
Nonprofits offer free help to homeowners in transferring generational wealth

1 month ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Cindy Gonzalez

Rooftops in Sarpy County. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)OMAHA — A free clinic to help homeowners transfer generational wealth to a beneficiary will be held Friday and Saturday at Habitat for Humanity’s Omaha office. The nonprofit Habitat will be collaborating with local attorneys and Creighton University Law School students in hosting two Transfer on Death Deed events, offering individualized sessions.
Nonprofits offer free help to homeowners in transferring generational wealth

1 month ago | hastingstribune.com | Cindy Gonzalez
Nonprofits offer free help to homeowners in transferring generational wealth

1 month ago | newsfromthestates.com | Cindy Gonzalez

OMAHA — A free clinic to help homeowners transfer generational wealth to a beneficiary will be held Friday and Saturday at Habitat for Humanity’s Omaha office. The nonprofit Habitat will be collaborating with local attorneys and Creighton University Law School students in hosting two Transfer on Death Deed events, offering individualized sessions.
Bedbug bill aimed at helping Omaha public housing residents gains traction in Legislature

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Cindy Gonzalez

Bedbugs have been a complaint at a dozen Omaha Housing Authority sites. One of the bugs is shown in some bedding. (Stock photo by John Downer/Getty Images)LINCOLN — A now-broader bedbug bill is gaining traction in the Nebraska Legislature as Omaha lawmakers seek to stomp out the blood-sucking parasites and other problems that might creep out public housing residents in the state’s largest city. “What we hear is horrific,” said State Sen. Terrell McKinney of North Omaha.
Bedbug bill aimed at helping Omaha public housing residents gains traction in Legislature

1 month ago | newsfromthestates.com | Cindy Gonzalez

LINCOLN — A now-broader bedbug bill is gaining traction in the Nebraska Legislature as Omaha lawmakers seek to stomp out the blood-sucking parasites and other problems that might creep out public housing residents in the state’s largest city. “What we hear is horrific,” said State Sen. Terrell McKinney of North Omaha.
Immigrants Help Push Omaha Metro Past 1M Population Mark As More Nebraska Counties Grow

1 month ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Cindy Gonzalez

OMAHA — The Omaha metro area of eight counties has surpassed the million-person mark, another record-setter that follows an earlier Census report that Nebraska’s statewide population topped 2 million. Also revealed in population estimates released Thursday are county-level growth patterns that showed 48 of Nebraska’s 93 counties gaining population and two remaining the same in the latest year tracked, mid-2023 to mid-2024.