By Erin Bamer | Reporter
“We want to be a catalyst … This area can be a transformative hub and a place people come to enjoy themselves. You’re going to see housing. R&D for creative construction. Education partners. Anchor tenants that will make it financially viable for us to develop this space.” - Garry Clark, executive director of Omaha’s Inland Port Authority.
At the site of the first phase of an “innovation district” to be developed by the Omaha Inland Port Authority near 30th Street and Ames Avenue is Garry Clark, OIPA executive director. OIPA estimates its initial investment at roughly $30 million, the same amount as a state grant it received to help fund the venture. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
LABOR & GROWTH
By Cindy Gonzalez
OMAHA — Signage went up last week, heralding progress on a signature project of the Omaha Inland Port Authority.
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen. June 6, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — Outgoing Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen said he’s baffled by a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate a provision in state law that allows U.S. citizens who’ve never lived in the country to vote in Nebraska elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court, on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
COMMENTARY
By George Ayoub
One might draw a direct line from recent Supreme Court news to Nebraska’s fertile plain. One might also wish some of its details were better.
A farmer plants corn into a cover crop, which is one of several regenerative agriculture practices that a new federal rule holds can reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions of producing ethanol. (Photo by Jacob Tosch/USDA)
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
By Cami Koons
Farmers growing corn and soybeans for biofuels can now quantify the carbon intensity of crops grown with certain regenerative agriculture practices, due to a recently finalized federal rule.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Scooter’s Coffee working on new Nebraska distribution center | Cindy Gonzalez
Pillen signs off on medical cannabis regulations | Zach Wendling
COMMENTARY
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Nebraskans say rising rent costs are a major stressor | Noelle Annonen
Party fever: Another new political party emerges in Nebraska | Juan Salinas II
District judge blocks Nebraska Environmental Trust diversions | Zach Wendling
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