02/25/21 • Nebraska vaccine data • Nationwide case trends
Omaha Police Kept Tabs on Activists Throughout 2020, Emails Show
Rallies, sidewalk chalking and a birthday party: Police officers’ emails show they had an interest in surveilling protesters.
Reed Moore’s Daily Rundown
Good Afternoon,
Today we have stories about Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert delivering her annual State of the City speech, the Omaha Housing Authority delivering vaccines to seniors, and the tri-city mask mandates expiring.
Around Omaha
- An Omaha man is shocked to learn that the Nebraska Department of Labor is demanding he pay back his unemployment benefit checks.
- Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert delivers her annual State of the City speech, addressing challenges faced by the city and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Omaha Housing Authority is delivering COVID-19 vaccines to seniors at their homes.
Around Nebraska
- State Sen. John McCollister is proposing expanding the state sales tax to include candy and soft drinks, estimating an additional $33 million in state revenue.
- All mask mandates have expired in Nebraska’s tri-city area of Kearny, Grand Island, and Hastings.
Reed Moore’s Black History, Black Present
James Scurlock, Out of Omaha, and the Machinery of White Supremacy
Ryan Johnston, Voices August 2020
Last spring, the film Out of Omaha – a documentary I produced with my fellow filmmakers for the better part of a decade – made its Omaha debut to sold-out crowds at Aksarben Cinema during the Omaha Film Festival. The film spans eight years in the life of Darcell Trotter, a young man from North Omaha struggling to survive generational poverty. It depicts a barrage of injustices wrought upon him during this time, including multiple arrests for charges that were later dropped – although not before they had been reported by media in Omaha and throughout the state, doing irreparable harm to his life and reputation.
Reed Moore’s Daily Comic
