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Potential federal freeze worries Omaha community health center

For many individuals, OneWorld has given treatment that they would not be able to afford otherwise. Steve Ray is one of those people.  Ray is from Omaha and has diabetes and needs to have access to affordable treatments if he gets sick. OneWorld allows him to get help without the worry of a large bill. OneWorld Community Health Center provides about 52,000 Omahans with accessible health care annually. Each year, the non-profit relies a lot on funding from outside donors as well as the government...

Overflow Omaha crowd launches U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour • Nebraska Examiner

OMAHA –  U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders kicked off his “Fighting Oligarchy” nationwide tour in Omaha Friday night, drawing an overflow crowd of more than 2,500, with hundreds more turned away.
The progressive independent from Vermont spoke to supporters about what he said is division in the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Sanders said he chose Omaha as his first tour stop because of its worki...

Togo native says this vote is for his children

Kodjovi Danny Zounon, 35, left his home country of Togo on Africa’s west coast in 2013 for a better life in America, he said.He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2014, a path that led to his naturalization as a U.S. citizen. Since, he’s built a life in Nebraska, earning a degree in IT from Metropolitan Community College and moving to a full-time job as a loan officer at the Nebraska Enterprise Fund in Omaha. Tuesday was Zounon’s second time voting in a U.S. general election. In 2020, he cast his f...