4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (335+ words) Omaha city and business leaders met Wednesday to rally support for two upcoming ballot initiatives. The Building Better Omaha Committee was formed by the Greater Omaha Chamber to advocate for two bond issues totaling $185 million that will appear on the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (541+ words) Major investments in Omaha’s parks and public safety lead the city’s proposed 2027 budget. City Council members and the public will get to weigh in on the proposal in coming weeks. As currently written by the mayor’s office, the budget will…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (962+ words) Jacquelyn Morrison sat at a picnic table in the Gene Leahy Mall on a humid summer morning. The nine-acre park in the heart of downtown Omaha was bustling with activity. Children played on a climbing structure, construction workers bought lunch…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (427+ words) A resolution passed by the Omaha City Council on Tuesday aims to address the city’s affordable housing shortage. The approved resolution calls for the Mayor’s Affordable Housing Task Force to work with the city Planning Department and the Tax Increment…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (320+ words) Omaha’s philanthropic community will invest millions of dollars into the city’s public parks. In his first State of the City address, Omaha Mayor John Ewing highlighted the upcoming public-private partnership, which he said holds “transformational potential to do more than…...