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Nebraska’s older adults struggle to get the care they need. Nursing homes are closing or turning down patients because they don’t have enough staff. This week, one local nursing home provider is in Washington, DC to advocate for them.
While hospitals hit their capacities during the COVID-19 omicron surge, they had to hold onto patients who couldn't get released to nursing care centers. Those facilities say their slim staffing levels aren't seeing relief and, therefore, couldn't...
New numbers show staffing shortages were the prominent reason hundreds of patients couldn’t get the care they needed during the COVID-19 omicron surge. In at least one case, a Nebraska hospital says a patient died waiting for a staffed hospital bed....
Proposals to cut taxes, approve budget spending, and reform the criminal justice system remain tangled up in the Nebraska Legislature.
Parole is granted in 62-percent of hearings when five board members are there, compared to just 56-percent of cases when less than the full board votes. Just 37-percent of Nebraska palore hearings had a full board, from May 2018-to-December 2021.
The hemp industry is worth more than $800 million, according to a recent report. The same report showed just 6% of hemp growers are Black. Cannabis has been a hard market for people of color to break into, but some hope hemp could offer a new way in.
The remote village of Lynch, Nebraska up near the South Dakota border lost their only grocery store and became a food desert in spring 2020. The community opened a new cooperative grocery store on March 26.
Proposed cuts to income and property taxes fell short in the Nebraska Legislature Friday, while senators decided to consider an abortion ban later this session.
Brody was diagnosed with a tic disorder in fourth grade. He was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome in sixth grade, which is a type of tic disorder. Brody said he sometimes gets short and quick muscle or vocal impulses.
Creighton Head Coach Jim Flanery said Iowa State will be prepared. However, he said his team is familiar with high-pressure situations and can easily adapt.