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HERE’S YOUR RUNDOWN
Happy National Clean Out Your Fridge Day
Reed Moore isn’t sure if that green stuff in the ice box is new cheese or old meat.
Today’s news:
- Omaha’s Black Agenda Alliance works on eight acres of land in Florence for a community space.
- A hedge fund known for slashing newsroom staffs has reportedly ended its plan to take over Lee Enterprises, which owns the World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star.
- The legal battle between native groups and the City of Lincoln over a housing development near a sacred Indigenous site continues with a petition and a court hearing.
The Promised Land
Omaha’s Black Agenda Alliance realizes its vision for community space.
By Chris Bowling. Published in The Reader.
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AROUND OMAHA
- The Omaha Streetcar Authority meets to discuss upcoming decisions surrounding the city’s planned streetcar system. Board members are eyeing city-owned land near Eighth Street and Capitol Avenue as a potential vehicle maintenance building for the streetcars.
- The Omaha Public Schools district will increase online and in-person tutoring for students in third through 12th grades. School board members approved plans for expanded tutoring services across all subjects in multiple languages at their recent board meeting.
- A Council Bluffs man dies when his car crashed into a tree in the Blackstone area. Police say he was driving the wrong way on Harney Street early this morning.
- Officer William Klees, the Omaha police officer under investigation after a woman reported he harassed her at an apartment complex, has resigned. OPD says it aims to revoke his law enforcement certificate.
AROUND NEBRASKA
- Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for slashing newsroom staffs, has reportedly ended its plan to take over Lee Enterprises, which runs the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska’s largest newsrooms.
- Supporters of the Niskithe Prayer Camp deliver a petition with over 7,000 signatures to the mayor of Lincoln, urging city officials to respect and protect Native American land and religious rights. The petition comes ahead of a scheduled court hearing Friday, Nov. 18, in a legal battle between native groups and the city over a housing development near a sacred indigenous site.
- As House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy struggles in his bid to become the next House speaker, Republican Rep. Don Bacon said that he would work with Democrats to find a new candidate if necessary to keep Congress from becoming gridlocked.
- What’s a telltale sign of cold weather in Nebraska? In the Lincoln Northeast High School kitchen, it’s the smell of homemade cinnamon rolls and chili. See how the cafeteria’s bakers make the magic happen.
REED MOORE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The City Council is meeting today, Nov. 15, and local government reporter Anton Johnson is sitting in. Follow Anton on Twitter at @AntonIsWriting for live tweets, and read his preview of what’s on the schedule this week. Tune in here to the Omaha City Council beginning at 2 p.m.
The Board of County Commissioners is not meeting again until Nov. 22.
FACT OF THE DAY
From Harper’s Index
Percentage by which Gen Z-ers are saving more of their income than their parents: 17
Source: BlackRock (NYC)
DAILY FUNNY
Comic by Jen Sorensen.
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