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Debate Over H-1B Visas Shines Spotlight On US Tech Worker Shortages

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:00am

A heated debate has recently erupted between two groups of supporters of President Donald Trump. The dispute concerns the H-1B visa system, the program that allows U.S. employers to hire skilled foreign workers in specialty occupations – mostly in the tech industry.

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Violent Attacks On Tesla Dealerships Spike As Musk Takes Prominent Role In Trump White House

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:00am

A member of the Seattle Fire Department inspects a burned Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla lot in Seattle, Monday, March 10, 2025.
(Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)

SEATTLE (AP) — Cybertrucks set ablaze. Bullets and Molotov cocktails aimed at Tesla showrooms.

Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk's electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. While no injuries have been reported, Tesla showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and privately owned cars have been targeted.

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USPS Agrees To Work With DOGE On Reform, Planning To Cut 10,000 Workers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he’ll do that working with Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday.

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What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 4:00am

What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider

by Peter Elkind

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NBC and IOC Sign $3B Olympic Media Rights Deal Through 2036 Including Salt Lake City Winter Games

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 2:00am

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — NBC will now be the champion of Olympic broadcasting in the United States through at least 2036.

The IOC said Thursday it signed its long-time United States broadcast partner to a $3 billion renewed deal for the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2036 Summer Games.

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Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent To Retire In May, At Mandatory Age Of 60

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Col. John Bolduc is set to retire as superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol on May 4, when he reaches the agency’s mandatory retirement age of 60.

Gov. Jim Pillen announced Bolduc’s retirement and an application process for his successor in a news release Tuesday.

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The Push To Restore Semiconductor Manufacturing Faces A Labor Crisis − Can The US Train Enough Workers In Time?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00am

Semiconductors power nearly every aspect of modern life – cars, smartphones, medical devices and even national defense systems. These tiny but essential components make the information age possible, whether they’re supporting lifesaving hospital equipment or facilitating the latest advances in artificial intelligence.

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Tariff Trouble? Nebraska Companies, Farmers Trapped In Middle Of Brewing Trade War

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 7:00am

A farmer works near sunset in a field in central Nebraska. The Trump administration enacted new tariffs on Mexico and Canada last week while upping them on China. Canada and China fired back with new tariffs, and China has targeted U.S. agriculture in its response.
(Lori Potter / Flatwater Free Press)

The livestock feed company is already feeling the squeeze.

Imogene Ingredients is Iowa-based, with customers across Nebraska. But the company is also global, importing ingredients to use in its feed products from around the world – including from China.

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Maybe DEI Isn’t The Bogeyman, Nebraska. Just Look At The Evidence

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 6:00am

The term “DEI” has become politicized and even evil in the minds of many, including President Donald Trump and many of his MAGA apostles, including some here in Nebraska.

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Hearing On Mandatory E-Verify For Nebraska Businesses Draws Mixed Responses

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 5:00am

Susan Gumm testifies in support of a measure by State Sen. Kathleen Kauth to mandate the use of E-Verify for businesses with more than 25 employees.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Testifiers on Monday were about split for and against a measure that would require some 6,350 Nebraska employers to use an online verifying system to weed out undocumented workers — or face suspension of their business license.