One of the handful charged in Omaha ICE raid at Glenn Valley sentenced to one year in prison The woman's one-year prison sentence is effectively a four-month sentence because she has been in custody since being detained by ICE at Glenn Valley Foods last summer.

One of the handful charged in Omaha ICE raid at Glenn Valley sentenced to one year in prison

Union Pacific seeks to form America's first transcontinental railroad in $85 billion deal Union Pacific has signed an agreement to buy Norfolk Southern and become America’s first transcontinental railroad, according to a post on the railroad's website Tuesday by U.P. CEO Jim Vena.

Union Pacific seeks to form America's first transcontinental railroad in $85 billion deal

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a $200 million mixed-use project in Gretna A new Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a planned 31-acre, approximately $200 million mixed-use project now under development in Gretna.

A new Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a planned 31-acre, approximately $200 million mixed-use project now under development in Gretna.

From @julieowh.bsky.social:

Clarkson College breaks ground on $10 million in campus improvements Clarkson College broke ground Monday on $10 million in improvements to its campus at 42nd and Dodge Streets.

Clarkson College broke ground Monday on $10 million in improvements to its campus at 42nd and Dodge Streets.

From @julieowh.bsky.social:

First measles case reported in Nebraska. Here's what we know so far Nebraska health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first confirmed measles case of the year in the Panhandle's Sheridan County.

#BREAKING: Nebraska health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first confirmed measles case of the year in the Panhandle's Sheridan County.

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Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway. - KFF Health News Late last year, South Carolina Medicaid approved a class of medications known as GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering these effective but expensive drugs. But acce...

In early April, the Trump administration announced it will not finalize a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed an estimated 7.4 million people covered by Medicare and Medicaid to access GLP-1s for weight loss. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Watch: Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes election to John Ewing Watch as Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes the mayoral race to challenger John Ewing, plus more photo and video from the 2025 election.

Watch: Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes election to John Ewing

Mulhalls in Omaha is selling the first glow-in-the-dark petunia It’s an out-of-this-world plant with an equally impressive price tag. CEO Mick Mulhall said that as of Monday morning, Mulhalls Garden + Home is carrying the first light-emitting plant. It

Mulhalls in Omaha is selling the first glow-in-the-dark petunia

Nebraska's Dan Osborn to explore another run for U.S. Senate Former independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Thursday he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible second Senate run in 2026.

Former independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Thursday he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible second Senate run in 2026.

From @dancrisler.bsky.social:

Live results: 2025 City of Omaha primary elections Check out up-to-date results from the 2025 City of Omaha primary election.

Check out up-to-date results from the 2025 City of Omaha primary election.

Nebraksa senators are limited to 2 terms. Lawmakers may ask voters to extend that to 3 Term limits are unpopular within the Nebraska Legislature. The question is, can lawmakers convince voters to get behind extending them?

Term limits are unpopular within the Nebraska Legislature.

The question is, can lawmakers convince voters to get behind extending them?

#Nebraska #neleg

Erin Bamer has the story:

RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.

Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

Wyoming’s First Human Bird Flu Case Confirmed - Wyoming Department of Health Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The woman represents the third confirmed...

A woman in Wyoming has been hospitalized with #H5N1 #birdflu, WY's health dept announced Friday. Likely exposure was to backyard poultry. Wyoming said #CDC confirmed the infection, though CDC did not add it to its H5 page today. Not clear if this is B3.13 or D1.1. health.wyo.gov/wyomings-fir...

#USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
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Arrest in Omaha cold case: Man linked to 1979 killing of 7-year-old boy and mother A man has been arrested by the Omaha Police Department for the 1979 slayings of a 26-year-old Omaha woman and her 7-year-old son.

Arrest in Omaha cold case: Man linked to 1979 killing of 7-year-old boy and mother

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Government Health Pages Doctors had sued over the removal and modification of data in response to order to scrub references to “gender ideology.”

Breaking: A federal judge told U.S. health agencies to restore deleted and modified health web sites, pages and data sets.

A Lincoln man went to court on a misdemeanor charge. He wound up in ICE custody. Now, the man's wife, who is 6 months pregnant, is on her own with their child, while the family's breadwinner sits in a jail cell in Council Bluffs.

A Lincoln man went to court on a misdemeanor charge. He wound up in ICE custody.

Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions.

Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.

University of Nebraska warns that NIH's new 15% cap on indirect costs would cut into research The University of Nebraska would have to absorb more than $27 million in costs if a change the National Institutes of Health announced limiting indirect costs on all grants remains

The University of Nebraska would have to absorb more than $27 million in costs if a change the National Institutes of Health announced limiting indirect costs on all grants remains in place, university officials said.

From @julieowh.bsky.social:

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article) The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.

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Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as many as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.

NEW: Health agencies are being told to rank thousands of workers as fears of layoffs grow

CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today

Similar efforts underway across HHS

Cuts expected

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Dunkin locations in Omaha and Nebraska report running out of doughnuts Dunkin locations across Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, are reporting they are out of donuts and could be for weeks.

Dunkin locations across Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, are reporting they are out of donuts and could be for weeks.

#OmahaDines

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Black graphic with white text that shows a large number beneath the KFF logo: 51,191. The national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in the past decade, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022, up from 27,762 deaths in 2012. The source is KFF's analysis "A look at the Latest Alcohol Death Data and Change Over the Last Decade," May 2024.

#ICYMI: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called to update labels on alcoholic drinks warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk.

KFF analysis shows the national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in 10 years, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022.

Jimmy Carter, 100, gained Nebraska admirers during and after his presidency “He was always kind, hard-working and thoughtful.” Former president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, never enjoyed much electoral success in Nebraska, but local people who knew him appreciated his perso...

Jimmy Carter’s visits to Nebraska, a state that went against him twice, were inspirational. He held no grudges only boundless hope for all.
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Could anything have prevented an Omaha man from killing his beloved grandmother? Gage Walter cycled through jails and mental health and drug treatment facilities for nearly a decade. Then he killed his grandmother and great-grandmother with a hammer.

A man, later found to be insane, bludgeoned his loving grandmother and great-grandmother to death with a hammer. The clues were all there for anyone to see. omaha.com/news/local/c...