Deborah Van Fleet

A 2024 Kaiser Family Foundation report showed 25.7% of Nebraskans reported having had a mental health illness over the previous year compared with 23.1% nationwide. (bnenin/Adobe Stock)

(KMAland) -- American Postal Workers Union members are holding a nationwide "Day of Action" rally today to draw attention to a number of concerns, several of them a result of

(KMAland) -- A 2024 study showed almost 26% of Nebraskans reported having a mental-health illness in the past year -- nearly 3% higher than the national average.

In 2022, fewer than 40% of workers with incomes below the federal poverty threshold earned paid sick leave compared with 77% of those with earnings at least four times the federal poverty threshold. (nicoletaionescu/Adobe Stock)

Winnebago adults and children husking corn during the 2024 Indian Corn Harvest. (Photo courtesy Ho-Chunk, Inc.)

A 2022 University of Indiana report concludes recent studies on voucher programs show that students attending private schools through voucher programs have experienced "large, negative impacts" on their achievement. (sheilaf2002/Adobe Stock)

(KMAland) -- Nebraska is one of three states with paid sick leave on the ballot next month.

The oldest continuously running LGBTQ+ film festival is San Francisco's Frameline, formerly called the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which was started in 1977. (Andrey Lapshin/Adobe Stock)

A 2024 North Dakota State article about China's tendency to respond to trade tariffs with "retaliatory tariffs," points to the impact "significant retaliatory tariffs" had on American agriculture in 2018-2019. (Cavan/Adobe Stock)

(KMAland) -- Medicare's open enrollment period started Tuesday and runs through December 7th.