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 Police Union warns staffing levels approaching 'dangerous low’
- Democrat Denise Powell leads 2025 fundraising in crowded 2nd District race
- Streetcar construction is full speed ahead in 2026. Here’s what to expect
- UNMC, Clarkson leaders address concerns around $800M deal
- ICE agents make arrests at Douglas County Courthouse
- Survey shows demand for Omaha after school programs
- Developer behind former Civic Auditorium site sues City of Omaha
- Proposed $250M salmon farm to bring new industry, jobs to Nebraska City
- Nebraska AG drops lawsuit against OPPD over North Omaha coal plant
- OPPD again delays plan to stop burning coal at North Omaha plant
- Jewish Federation of Omaha, local officials address fears after Australia mass shooting
- Nebraska DHHS requested additional security ahead of SNAP pause
- ‘Moved mountains': Gov. Pillen shares updates on ethanol plant that polluted a Nebraska town
- As pedestrian deaths grow across the state, Omaha continues initiative to end traffic fatalities
- Omaha police department launches ‘Drones as First Responders’ program
- ‘Legacy of trauma': Oral histories project records stories of Nebraska’s Native American boarding school
- Fundraising shortfall paused $100M Children’s Museum riverfront project
- Take a look inside Omaha’s new $158 million library
- City of Omaha extends deadline, continues talks with developer of former Civic Auditorium site
- What’s up with Omaha’s Civic Auditorium site? An ownership battle and an interested nonprofit
- ‘A new approach’: Omaha launches pilot program to address homeless encampments
- Latino Center of the Midlands’ $10M expansion aims to meet community needs
- A Nebraska food bank expected thousands of pounds of food. Cuts to a federal program meant it never arrived
- Omaha City Council votes down proposed ordinance to ban homeless encampments
- Nebraska director of Latin American Citizens group resigns amid rift with national chapter over ICE partnership discussions