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New from Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska teachers dip into their own pockets, and ask friends and strangers for donations, in order to fill their classrooms with supplies. A new Omaha company and several nonprofits and crowdfunding sites are trying to help. flatwaterfreepress.org/colored-paper-…

It’s time to talk about Winter Storm Uri. Listen to my climate anxiety villain origin story here ⬇️

Small-town Nebraska has a poverty problem, reports Addie Costello Flatwater Free Press & Nebraska Public Media. Three Nebraska towns have three solutions. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-a…

New at Flatwater Free Press: Small-town Nebraska has an often-hidden poverty problem. Three Nebraska towns are fighting back in different ways. flatwaterfreepress.org/small-town-neb…

New Flatwater Free Press: The Hummel Day Camp is a beloved summer day camp for many Omaha families. Nature hikes. Archery. S’mores. But few North Omaha kids participate in the city-run day camp even though it’s held in North Omaha, data shows. flatwaterfreepress.org/at-hummel-park…

Bills targeting transgender college athletes have a majority support in the Texas Senate & House. Austin Statesman asked every four-year Texas public university: Have you ever had a trans athlete compete in NCAA sports? None said yes. Latest w/Addie Costello: statesman.com/story/news/pol…

Texas House approves CROWN Act, sets protections against race-based hair discrimination statesman.com/story/news/202…

Could Texans be allowed to import prescriptions from Canada? Here's what lawmakers propose statesman.com/story/news/sta…

This was the first typo-filled email of my journalism career. Even though John Heaston did take me up on my offer to clean, he also showed me how to report. My very first edits and everything The Reader team taught me will always stick with me.

"Despite recent, record-high home prices and rising mortgage rates, Gen Zers are ahead of older generations." via Addie Costello marketplace.org/2023/09/14/how…

New at FFP: A column from Exec Director Matt Wynn about comments Gov. Jim Pillen recently made about FFP investigative reporter Yanqi Xu. Listen to Pillen’s comments, during which he raises Xu’s Chinese nationality and says “what more do you need to know?” flatwaterfreepress.org/governors-comm…

Here's Addie Costello with her first report for @wisconsinwatch! Check out the WPR version as well. Wisconsin seniors face housing upheaval as assisted living homes reject Medicaid wisconsinwatch.org/2024/02/wiscon…

My first story for WPR and Wisconsin Watch. Wisconsin saves money when Medicaid-eligible seniors choose assisted living instead of a nursing home. But that choice comes with vulnerability. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/02/wiscon…

Wisconsin will replace FoodShare aid when outages spoil food, but filing requests isn’t easy. Addie Costello reports. Bureaucratic hurdles & little awareness mean few FoodShare/SNAP recipients are reimbursed following power outages & other misfortunes. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/04/wiscon…

Wisconsin drops ID checks at federally funded food pantries. WI DHS says loosening restrictions will broaden access to food during high demand. Some pantry leaders support the change, but others see a potential for complications, Addie Costello reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/05/wiscon…

360,000+ Wisconsinites have lost Medicaid coverage since the restart of eligibility checks that were paused for 3 years. About 37% no longer qualified, but most lost coverage due to issues like missing or incorrectly filled out paperwork.wisconsinwatch.org/2024/06/wiscon… (Addie Costello)

Wisconsin’s long-term care crisis: Staffing troubles, low Medicaid rates prompt closures wisconsinwatch.org/2024/09/wiscon… (via Addie Costello)

How Milwaukee’s giant anti-poverty agency unraveled: weak controls, little oversight. State, county and city agencies awarded the Social Development Commission big contracts even after it eliminated internal auditing mechanisms, Addie Costello reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/09/milwau…

‘It’s been a living hell’: Wisconsin prison phone failures leave families disconnected Addie Costello Wisconsin Watch wisconsinwatch.org/2025/05/wiscon…

Wisconsin does a better job than many states in making opioid settlement info accessible. But there's room to improve when it comes local spending. Not every local government filed required reports on time, and others included errors. Read my latest: wisconsinwatch.org/2025/07/how-ar…