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LINCOLN — Nebraska’s plan to carry out the once-controversial Summer EBT food program for low-income youths has been given the green light from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the state’s planned rollout of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, which include details such as “touchpoints” that local officials designed to improve […] The post Once-controversial Summer EBT food program for low-income NE kids set for rollout appeared first on Nebraska Ex

After KETV Investigates revealed the inhabitable conditions at the Underwood Tower from the bed bugs plaguing the property to the roaches on every floor, a state senator, the city council president and now community advocates are calling on the Omaha Housing Authority to act.

Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers joined those calling for Gov. Jim Pillen to change his mind about a new federal program that could keep about 150,000 children fed this summer.

Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers joined those calling for Gov. Jim Pillen to change his mind about a new federal program that could keep about 150,000 children fed this summer.

“COVID-19 is over and Nebraska taxpayers expect that pandemic-era government relief programs will end too," Gov. Jim Pillen said in a statement