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$43M Omaha Apartment Project Becomes Like An Unexpected Archeological Dig

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00am

A tunnel discovered under the ground near 27th and Leavenworth Street where an apartment building is to rise. Developers said building data had no record.
(Courtesy of Hausmann Construction)

OMAHA — Backhoes digging out a future apartment site in Omaha’s urban core unearthed some unexpected remnants of an old dairy factory that once distributed milk to doorsteps via horse-drawn wagons.

Among the surprises: mysterious tunnels; intact ice cream bottle lids that spilled out when a vault was struck and an entire foundation of a brick building.

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“Incalculable” Damage: How A “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left A Trail Of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00am

Homevestors welcomed its 800th franchise, as well as 75 other new franchises, in first quarter 2017.
(Business Wire)

“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon

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The Federal Bureau Of Prisons Has Lots Of Problems. Reopening Alcatraz Is Now One Of Them

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 1:28pm

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif.
(Noah Berger / AP Photo)

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog.

And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay that last held inmates more than 60 years ago.

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How Rising Wages For Construction Workers Are Shifting The Foundations Of The Housing Market

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 1:25pm

Construction costs have surged in recent years, pushing homeownership further out of reach for many Americans. But this isn’t a new concern: In 1978, the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned that rising costs were threatening the American dream – at a time when the median home price was just US$44,300, less than three times the median household income. Today, that figure has climbed past $419,000, more than five times what the median American makes.

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Nebraska Auditor Raises Red Flag Over Rising Cost Of Rented Office Space For State Workers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 1:22pm

Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — State government is paying about 37% more to lease commercial office space for employees today than five years ago — a hike from $16 million to $22 million that the Nebraska state auditor described Monday as “far more than necessary.”

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Campgrounds And Visitor Centers At Federal Lakes Are Closing Amid Trump's Budget Cuts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 1:16pm

Tower Harbor Marina owner Bill Barrow uses a tractor on a newly made rock boat ramp to lower Doug Vollmers boat Thursday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2006, into Kanopolis Reservoir in Kanopolis, Kan.
(Sandra J. Milburn / The Hutchinson News via AP )

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government.

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Omaha Area Survey Shows Better Pay, Transit And Housing Options Are Keys To Curbing ‘Brain Drain’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 7:00am

Greater Omaha Chamber Young Professionals gathering.
(Courtesy of Greater Omaha Chamber)

OMAHA — Public transit options emerged as a top complaint about the Omaha region in a survey aimed at gaining intel on how to hold onto young professional talent.

Good salary, flexible scheduling and paid time off for sickness and vacation were identified as the most important workplace attractions.

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The Short American Memory

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 6:00am

Right now in the U.S., it seems that people are more divided than ever, and that sort of notion seems to be the same notion that is had every year. “This year was worse than the last." etc. While that might be true, the things that divide people each year are…. flimsy. Or, rather, people are flimsy themselves, with a short memory that only recalls anger, rather than what exactly happened.

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A Sequoia Forest In Detroit? Plantings To Improve Air Quality And Mark Earth Day

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:00am

DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world's largest trees that can live for thousands of years.

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Study Indicates $20M Cost To Restore Site Of Mayhew Cabin And John Brown’s Cave

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 3:00am

Historians differ about whether the Allen Mayhew Cabin, built in 1852, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. But the cabin, built from cottonwood, is one of the oldest structures in Nebraska, predating statehood.
(Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave site in Nebraska City estimates it would cost in excess of $20 million to make it a viable attraction again.

Most of the cost, the report indicated, would be demolishing several of the seven existing structures on the site, which have been damaged by flooding and neglect.

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Real Estate News

$43M Omaha Apartment Project Becomes Like An Unexpected Archeological Dig

“Incalculable” Damage: How A “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left A Trail Of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

The Federal Bureau Of Prisons Has Lots Of Problems. Reopening Alcatraz Is Now One Of Them

How Rising Wages For Construction Workers Are Shifting The Foundations Of The Housing Market

Nebraska Auditor Raises Red Flag Over Rising Cost Of Rented Office Space For State Workers

Campgrounds And Visitor Centers At Federal Lakes Are Closing Amid Trump's Budget Cuts

Omaha Area Survey Shows Better Pay, Transit And Housing Options Are Keys To Curbing ‘Brain Drain’

The Short American Memory

A Sequoia Forest In Detroit? Plantings To Improve Air Quality And Mark Earth Day

Study Indicates $20M Cost To Restore Site Of Mayhew Cabin And John Brown’s Cave

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