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State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the ...
Monday, May 19 marks the 100th anniversary of human rights and civil rights activist Malcolm X's birth in Omaha, Nebraska.
How did John Ewing dramatically flip the script and unseat Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert? Henry Cordes breaks it all down.
Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. became the first Democrat to lead the largest city in Nebraska in roughly a decade.
The race for the mayor's seat surrounded local Omaha issues like street repairs and affordable housing, which Ewing said ...
Douglas County officials updated vote totals from Tuesday’s city election on Friday, widening John Ewing’s historic win in ...
John Ewing Jr., a former police officer and treasurer of Nebraska's most populous county, was elected Omaha’s first Black ...
As I flew into Omaha for the first time, the only thing visible from my descending plane was cornfields. You could even see the tassels. I was wondering, where is the city? There certainly was a city, ...
Politics / The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her ...
John Ewing Jr. becomes the first Black mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, by defeating three-term incumbent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert.
Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including education policy and the ...
The Democrat's win over the city's three-term Republican mayor touched on national hot-button issues, a possible bellweather for the 2026 midterms.