By Chris Bowling, Originally printed in the Omaha Star The overcast February day melted into cold night as hours passed inside the Omaha City Council’s Tuesday meeting. Some of the community members in attendance shift in their seats, others prop their elbows to hold their heads up, but all take notice when Cindy Gains grips […]
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Stothert in Favor of Mask Mandate, Questions Effectiveness, Whether City Council Has Votes
By Chris Bowling The Omaha City Council will consider an emergency ordinance for a proposed mask mandate on Tuesday, Aug. 11 after the Douglas County’s health director folded under state legal pressure on July 31. Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, who alone can not enact a mandate, said she’s in favor of one, but is not […]
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City to restore makeshift skatepark after tumultuous few days
By Chris Bowling The bent wire of the nets sways back and forth as wind whips across the worn out tennis courts. Up until Monday, the four-court section of James F. Lynch Park near 20th and Martha streets was home to quarter pipes, bank walls, parking blocks and rails. Now there are only discolored patches […]
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Failure to Address COVID-19, Racial Justice, Call A Special Session Ends Frustrating 2020 Session
If someone said the Nebraska Legislature failed the state in 2020, they wouldn’t be wrong. That’s how State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, of District 6 in Omaha, feels after the body did little to address calls to address the state’s most pressing issues. “I was definitely depressed and disappointed,” she said. “A lot of the depression […]
