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FLATWATER FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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By Nebraskans, for Nebraskans

We’re telling stories about the UNL student working for DOGE and NU funding cuts, small towns dying and thriving, unsafe drinking water, big-city development and news that impacts Omaha, Ord and Ogallala.

Our state, in-depth

Flatwater reports on the hidden stories you need to know. Our unsafe drinking water. Which out-of-state billionaires own Nebraska farmland. How Nebraska’s wealthiest politicians spend their campaign cash.

All the best stories, not just ours

The newsletter also includes our picks for the best and most important Nebraska stories from around the state, no matter which media outlet produced them.

From Nebraska’s fastest growing newsroom

In three years, we’ve grown from two journalists to 10. We have outgrown two different office spaces. And we’re delivering more and more in-depth journalism and features in Omaha, in Lincoln, and across our 93 counties.

There’s good news, too

The guardian angels who take care of country cemeteries. The hunt for Nebraska’s best steakhouse. A small-town theater juggernaut. At Flatwater Free Press, we know not all news is bad news. We’re here to tell important stories from all across Nebraska – stories that can bind Nebraskans together.

It’s clean. It’s chatty. It’s curated. Flatwater Free Press’ free weekly email newsletter pops into your inbox each Friday at 1 p.m., or 1:04 p.m. if Editor Matthew Hansen is running late.

Past newsletters

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March 14: DOGE eats; Family split; New reporter revealed!

March 7: Nebraska televangelist; Tariff turmoil; About that email

Feb. 28: Fed funding freakout; Sexy steakhouse; Afghans abandoned

Feb. 21: Catching predators; Vanishing journalists; Lost in Lamar

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