OMAHA — A new $50 million Creighton University student residence hall opened this week, adding to the private university’s continued transformation of parts of Omaha’s urban core. The 151,000-square-foot Magis Hall, intended exclusively for sophomores, will be home to 409 students living in four-person apartment-style suites. Each floor has lounges, study rooms and gathering spots. Fall […]
LINCOLN — Lincoln voters on Nov. 3 will determine the fate of a $17 million volleyball facility that supporters say would boost the city’s status as a youth sport destination. Fans tout the proposed N4VB (Nebraska for Volleyball) complex as an economic development project that would generate about $22 million in total annual impact by its […]
LINCOLN — An investigation of a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract between the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and a contractor Gov. Jim Pillen recommended has moved from the Lincoln Police Department to the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office. Erika Thomas, public information officer for the Lincoln police, confirmed the switch to the Examiner. Lancaster County […]
LINCOLN — The fifth annual “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” competition has started, with nominations to be accepted through August followed by public voting in September. The contest — designed as an image-booster for the state’s manufacturing industry — has grown in popularity, with some 40,000 votes cast last year over multiple rounds of a […]
Nebraska’s largest annual conference of real estate and development experts, now in its 37th year, is poised to recognize Omaha’s new $158 million public library as its pick for a project with extraordinary rippling impact.
Former state Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont announced a corn and soybean farmer and ex-Republican on Tuesday as her pick for lieutenant governor.
OMAHA — A proposed 25,000-square-foot grocery store in the heart of North Omaha — described as a social enterprise to be run by a nonprofit — has now received the green light from the Omaha City Council and is the subject of a community meeting Wednesday. The 6 p.m. gathering at the Venue at Highlander, […]
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series with Nebraska gubernatorial candidates about their pivot from the May 12 primary election to the Nov. 3 general election. LINCOLN — Rick Beard knows the uphill climb he faces to be elected Nebraska’s next governor but feels his third-party status and ideas for a state-run medical […]
OMAHA — Randy J. Goodwin sits alone these days at Fallen Giant Films headquarters, a space rented with state dollars that stretches across much of the 11th floor of a trendy midtown Omaha highrise. Eight months ago he was surrounded by interns, office workers and a crew that shot and processed movie segments. Since December, […]
LINCOLN — A handful of Nebraska mayors — including one who has watched his town’s biggest employer flee — stood with Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday to announce the governor’s 28 picks for tax incentive-eligible opportunity zones. The recommendations span the state, from Scottsbluff in western Nebraska to Omaha, where 10 areas were selected. One […]
