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Nebraska Can't Grow Its Way Out of a Water Problem

Every conversation about Nebraska's economic future eventually runs into the same constraint, and we are not treating it with the urgency it deserves.

Walter Osei · Jul 26, 2026

LongitudeRural Nebraska

Rural Nebraska Deserves a Seat at the Housing Policy Table

State housing conversations keep defaulting to Omaha and Lincoln's problems, even though rural towns face a housing shortage of their own.

Deborah Lindqvist · Jul 22, 2026 · 1 min

LongitudeStatewide

What Local Beauty Businesses Get Right About Trust

The best local salons and spas understand something that larger consumer industries keep relearning the hard way.

Renee Falk · Jul 18, 2026 · 1 min

LongitudeOmaha

Omaha's Growth Needs Better Transit, Not More Lanes

The city keeps solving congestion the same way it did fifty years ago, and it isn't working any better now than it did then.

Marcus Deel · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 min