Flatwater Free PressRyan is a reporter and editor who values accountability journalism and thoughtful storytelling. He previously worked as the state/regional editor at the Omaha World-Herald, where he oversaw reporters covering state government, city hall, the military and K-12 education. He and his wife, Sam, have lived in Lincoln since 2019. In 2022 they welcomed twin boys into the world. He enjoys spending time with family, exploring Lincoln’s great parks and, as a proud native of Cincinnati, converting the chili-on-spaghetti skeptics.
“You try and be positive and make the most of each day that you can. You know you’re losing that person, and you have to remember that every single day might be the best day that person will ever have.”
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…