Midwest Newsroom

Three weeks after an investigative report from The Midwest Newsroom, the Lincoln Police Dept. removed the captain from his leadership of its Special Victims Unit.

The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations.

Lincoln has paid out millions of dollars in settlements to individuals, but the women who were abused say they still have lingering trauma and worry that city leaders are shying away from addressing the culture of mistreatment head-on.

Farmers, nonprofits and state agencies received almost $3 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. But recent federal funding freezes have recipients concerned they won’t end up receiving money.

Federal agencies have mandated and facilitated testing for the H5N1 virus to try to protect birds, cows and humans; researchers in the Midwest hope those efforts continue under the new presidential administration.

The Midwest Newsroom is examining the effect that shorter school weeks are having in communities across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. We invite you to share your opinion using the form in this article.

Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting.

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska provides resettlement help to refugees, but that is just part of its mission. It also offers behavioral health care and services to other families and children. Now organization leaders fear their work is in jeopardy.

The Midwest Newsroom y sus socios le pidieron a los departamentos policiales y a las oficinas de sheriffs en Iowa, Kansas, Missouri y Nebraska que nos informen si van a cooperar con el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas y otras agencias federales como parte del plan de “deportaciones masivas” de la Casa Blanca de Trump.

As the cost to buy a home continues to rise in the Midwest, real estate experts say the regional rental market offers affordable housing options and biding your time before buying may be the smart move in 2025.