Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A Lincoln entrepreneur born and raised in Auburn announced his 2026 candidacy Wednesday for an open seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
However it happens be it through work or habit, for some of us our internal clock has shifted, settling into the same waking hours as a nightbird. Somewhere in the string of nights that have made up our lives more than the days, when distant mountains beckoned through bedroom windows at dusk, there was a need to keep the muse awake and whispering. Coffee or tea were sought, or were they instead a gift shared by that sable-haired dream over a polished hardwood table, enchanting you to stay?
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
In old Western movies, the bad guys always had a bandana covering their face before they held up a stagecoach. In more modern movies, the bad guys have nylon stockings over their faces before they rob a bank or kidnap an heiress.
In today’s real world, ICE agents cover their faces before they storm into a restaurant, a packing plant, or a home to take an immigrant away from their work and family.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraska Democrats and one Republican in the officially nonpartisan Legislature on Wednesday blocked merging a proposal that would have slowed the state’s voter-approved minimum wage increases with a bill set to weaken voter-passed paid sick leave protections.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
At Odie B’s, a sandwich shop in Denver, recovery from drug and alcohol use is part of daily operations.
“Seventy percent of our staff is active in recovery,” Cliff Blauvelt, co-owner of Odie B’s, said in a video testimonial. “We try to provide a safe space where people can feel comfortable.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
If you’re a Nebraskan who didn’t grow up on a farm, you may think that the corn grown in the state is the same corn you buy on the cob or that’s found in a can at your local supermarket.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi's store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez products like Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins and Oreos.