Jessica Wade
Senior reporter
Jessica Wade is an Omaha-based senior reporter with Nebraska Public Media. A native of eastern Nebraska, she previously reported on South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Post and Courier newspaper and spent four years with the Omaha World-Herald, where she covered city government and development.
Recent News Stories
- Omaha residents, nonprofit leaders speak in support of proposed $1.7 billion budget
- City will cover cost to repair or demolish partially collapsed building along Omaha streetcar route
- Void remains in Omaha’s Blackstone neighborhood as city awaits decision from building owner
- With new climate action grants, city of Omaha turns to teens and young adults for climate solutions
- Labor Day weekend block party in downtown Omaha looks to support businesses along streetcar route
- ‘Horrific’ conditions closed City View Apartments. A year later, questions of accountability remain
- Public safety, parks and more highlight Omaha's proposed $1.7 billion budget
- New $181M headquarters for Omaha police, fire planned at Crossroads
- Pete Buttigieg stumps for Nebraska CD2 candidate Denise Powell in South Omaha
- ‘Monumental opportunity': Omaha Inland Port Authority unveils plans for innovation district
- Omaha looks to transform parks and public spaces with boost from philanthropic dollars
- UNO continues work on $17.1 addition to Biomechanics Research Building
- $56.2M project will turn South Omaha grain silos into market-rate apartments
- At Fontenelle Forest, a refuge gives injured raptors a second chance at life
- ‘No room for error': UNMC reflects as quarantine ends for hantavirus cruise ship passengers
- Omaha has another sinkhole. This one swallowed a sidewalk on the streetcar route
- Nebraska Humane Society’s $8M project looks to bring affordable vet care to the Omaha metro
- Omaha Chamber opposes ordinance to restore $15 minimum wage for younger workers
- He’s been on parole for decades. Cannabis gummies could land him back in Nebraska prison
- Stingray Beach reopens at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo after renovations
- Data centers take center stage at North Omaha town hall
- Omaha City Council considers ordinance to restore $15 minimum wage for younger workers
- Take a look inside Omaha’s $26M streetcar maintenance facility
- Douglas County Public Defender seeks budget increase to challenge controversial forensic methods
- Omaha Children’s Museum celebrates 50th anniversary, plans for new facility still paused