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The Nebraska Legislature’s own research office is casting doubt on the amount of water that state officials expect a proposed canal will deliver to the state. But it…
A bill passed in 2021 aimed to spare victims of violent crime in Nebraska from the burdensome process of being reimbursed for medical treatment – instead allowing providers…
In its first full year of publication, FFP bested all newspapers and nonprofit newsrooms in an 8-state region to win three Great Plains Journalism Awards, awarded May 5…
Board attendance spiked in spring 2022, after a Flatwater Free Press story showing spotty attendance. It spiked again this year, after the Nebraska Legislature got involved.
A state program is meant to help Nebraskans who have been raped, abused, assaulted, or family members reeling from the death of a loved one. It’s helping very few of them, a Flatwater Free Press analysis shows.
Legislators have introduced at least two bills related to Nebraska’s Crime Victim’s Reparations program during the ongoing legislative session. Omaha Sen. Wendy DeBoer, a Democrat, introduced Legislative Bill…
The eight-person committee that hears appeals for Nebraska’s Crime Victim’s Reparations program rarely meets, which can leave survivors of violent crime wondering whether and when they might get…
State money for Nebraska’s Crime Victim’s Reparations program comes from multiple places, including about $20,000 from the state’s general fund, plus court fees and a percentage of the…
A Nebraska family has plowed more than $1.6 million into the Lincoln mayor’s race, an unprecedented sum that represents the latest burst in a multi-year deluge that, at…
He picks up the phone on the fifth ring, sounding like any other small-town Nebraskan who retired to Florida. The former police chief says it’s been a long…