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WEBRicketts’ Riches: Wealthy governor, billionaire family changed Nebraska elections. A new Flatwater Free Press analysis shows the breadth of Nebraska campaign giving by Pete Ricketts and his parents, which spiked when he ran for governor and spiked again to support Jim Pillen, who soon appointed Ricketts to the U.S. Senate.
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WEBAug. 27: Omaha Downtown Improvement District. By Omaha Documenters. Sep. 4, 2024. All work produced by the Flatwater Free Press — articles, videos, photos and other media — is available for publication at no cost.
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WEBMatthew Hansen, Editor. Matthew Hansen is the editor of the Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first statewide nonprofit news source. Hansen, a 16-year veteran of Nebraska newspapers, has previously worked as a reporter at the Lincoln Journal Star and then a reporter and metro columnist at the Omaha World-Herald.
Nebraska tribe pays $65K a year to rent land on its own …
WEB6 days ago · A bluff along the Missouri River, called Maiden’s Leap, reminded tribe members of their Minnesota homelands, and they decided to stay. Driven away from the town of Niobrara by hostile white settlers, they moved into the Bazile Creek region around 1866, Runnels said, an area that would later become the reservation.
Statewide Archives - Flatwater Free Press
WEB4 days ago · Topic: Statewide. Topic: Statewide. Statewide means what it sounds like — stories as relevant in Valentine as they are in Nebraska City. These are issues that touch all of us. Think: the environment, legislative policy, universities and more. Article count: 157.
We’re launching the next phase in Nebraska ... - Flatwater Free Press
WEBSep 3, 2021 · We heard what people want from a newsroom that gets the benefit of starting from scratch in 2021. We meshed that advice with industry best practices, and came up with what we think is a uniquely Nebraskan take on the nonprofit news movement that has swept the country over the past decade.
Greater Nebraska Archives - Flatwater Free Press
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Greater Nebraska. We want to tell the stories of all the communities outside our metros, too. Whether they be plain old good yarns or long-term investigations, we’re committing a major part of our content mix to doing journalism throughout the state. Nebraska Evolving: The perception is that smaller communities are dying.
About Flatwater Free Press
WEBMission. Flatwater. Free Press. Flatwater echoes the origins of our state’s name, a translation of the Oto or Omaha words for the Platte River. The Platte of course spans the state, providing sustenance and a travel route for this land’s first human inhabitants. Today it connects Scottsbluff to Omaha and hundreds of communities between.
New faces, new partners, new formats. Flatwater’s growing
WEBJan 26, 2022 · Matt Wynn is the Executive Director of the Nebraska Journalism Trust, which launched and funds the Flatwater Free Press. He has spent 13 years at news organizations across the country, most recently on the investigative team at USA Today. He lives in his hometown of Omaha with his wife, Sarah, and three children.
Metro Archives - Flatwater Free Press
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Topic: Metro. Topic: Metro. We can’t cover a state while ignoring its two largest metros. We leave space to tell stories about people, businesses and institutions in the metropolitan areas. We include metro suburbs in this category. Article count: 126.
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