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By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – The Joslyn Art Museum recently reorganized its galleries so that everything familiar is new again. With more, here's Omaha Public Radio's Cheril Lee...

By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – Census numbers released last week indicate approximately 18.2% of Nebraska's children were living below the poverty line in 2010.

Aubrey Mancuso is with Voices for Children. She says the number has been increasing since 2000 when Nebraska had a child poverty rate of 10%. The federal poverty line for a family of four in 2010 was $22,000. Mancuso says lawmakers need to take the poverty problem seriously because these kids are the state's next generation of workers and taxpayers.

By Katie Schubert

Omaha, NE – More than 18,000 students are enrolled at Metropolitan Community College this fall.

Online credit hours are up six percent from last fall, and total enrollment is 18,518 students. David Ho is Vice President of Academic Affairs. He says credit hours are up in general education study areas such as math and science.

By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – American Landscape: Contemporary Photographs of the West opened at the Joslyn Art Museum last week.

The Joslyn's Chief Curator Toby Jurovics says the exhibit features the work of 14 contemporary American photographers. He says the photographs in the exhibition illustrate a shift in how artists began to see the American landscape after 1975. Prior to that, landscapes had excluded the human presence.

By Katie Schubert

Omaha, NE – A new report shows eight Nebraska counties grew in 2009 thanks to state-to-state migration.

David Drozd of UNO's Center for Public Affairs Research says the uncertain economy has led more people to move to Nebraska. Nebraska's unemployment rate is 4.2 percent, half the national average.

By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – Roger Weitz is the new General Director for Opera Omaha. Weitz took the helm in early August and is excited to return to Omaha, where he had his first professional experience in arts administration through a summer internship at Opera Omaha in 1998.

By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – Fontenelle Forest is the site of a workshop on caring for flood-damaged trees this Thursday.

The workshop is being offered by the Nebraska Forest Service's Eastern Nebraska office. Graham Herbst, Community Forest Assistant, says the workshop will primarily focus on the long-term effects of flooding on trees as well as the landscape. He says some of the biggest problems with trees have to do with stability after the flood waters recede.

By Katie Schubert

Omaha, NE – Douglas County wants to hear from high school students about issues affecting the county's youth.

A High School Citizens Health Advisory Council is being formed. Juniors and Seniors in Douglas County high schools can apply to be part of the council. The goal is to have one junior and one senior from each Douglas County school district on the Advisory Council.

By Katie Schubert

Omaha, NE – A four-person panel will review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' response and operations during this summer's Missouri River flooding.

By Cheril Lee

Omaha, NE – Creighton University has been named the #1 Midwest Regional university by U.S. News & World Report for the 9th year in a row.

Patrick Borchers, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Creighton, says the university has also been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as #1 in the Midwest region as a "best value" university. Borchers says all of these rankings recognize Creighton's good reputation and acknowledge the quality education the university provides.