By Erin Bamer | Reporter
About 25,000 fewer Nebraskans have participated in monthly public food aid since July 2025, according to data from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Data shows that Nebraska has about 25,000 fewer people receiving grocery assistance through the SNAP program since last July. Shown here are grocery shoppers at a Walmart store in Ohio.(Photo by Marty Schladen/Ohio Capital Journal)
HEALTH
By Cindy Gonzalez
LINCOLN — The number of Nebraskans receiving public food aid has declined nearly 17%, or by about 25,000 people, since last July when Congress approved a massive 2025 tax and spending cuts package, according to newly released data from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
Republican Brinker Harding and Democrat Denise Powell will face off for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in November 2026. (Candidate photos courtesy of respective campaigns | U.S. Capitol photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
OMAHA — Democrat Denise Powell raised significantly more money than Republican Brinker Harding in Nebraska’s most-watched congressional race, according to the latest campaign finance reports, but the two are almost even when it comes to how much cash they can spend.
President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable event at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The event promoted the administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge that seeks to cap utility prices in communities that have new data centers. (Screenshot from White House livestream)
D.C. BUREAU
By Amelia Twyman
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the addition of Republican governors, legislators, utility services and tech companies into his voluntary pledge aimed at keeping data center construction and operation costs off the shoulders of American consumers.
Soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 22, 2026, carry Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who died July 18, 2026, from injuries suffered during an enemy attack on July 17, 2026, at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. (Photo by Jason Minto/U.S. Air Force)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members killed as a result of the Iran conflict, the two chambers of Congress were at odds over whether to rein in the president’s military powers in the monthslong war.
Salad greens for sale at a bodega in Astoria, New York. The number of cases of cyclosporiasis has more than doubled to over 4,173 cases across 41 states this week. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/ Stateline)
HEALTH
By Shalina Chatlani
The number of cases of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection linked to contaminated water or food that causes severe intestinal issues — has more than doubled to over 4,173 cases across 41 states this week, up from the 1,645 confirmed cases in 34 states reported last week by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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COMMENTARY
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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