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Agricultural, Education Senators Push Back On Some Of Gov. Jim Pillen’s Property Tax Reforms

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 5:00am

Farm Bureau President Mark McHargue (right) announces the group’s endorsement of then-University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen’s 2022 campaign for governor.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing pushback for some of his property tax reform ideas from some of his closest agricultural allies in the Legislature. He may need their support to pass reforms during a special session expected this month.

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Scorched By History: Discriminatory Past Shapes Heat Waves In Minority And Low-Income Neighborhoods

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 1:00am

Elderly women play bingo at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.
(Andres Kudacki / AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — Ruben Berrios knows the scorching truth: When it comes to extreme heat, where you live can be a matter of life and death.

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Winnebago Tribe Celebrates Return Of Land Taken Along The Missouri River

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 7:00am

LINCOLN — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is celebrating the righting of a five-decade-old wrong.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill last week that will return about 1,600 acres of land to the tribe along the Missouri River that was taken illegally in the 1970s for a proposed recreation project.

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Is This Really the Best We Can Do?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 6:00am

It was painful to watch. Two men vying for the most important job in the world. And neither of them making the cut.

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EPA Has Lowered The Screening Level For Lead In Soil – Here’s What That Could Mean For Households Across The US

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 5:00am

As spring phases into summer across the U.S., kids are spending more time outdoors. Playing outside is healthy in all kinds of ways, but it also poses some risks. One that many families may not be aware of is exposure to lead in soil, which is still a serious problem, mainly in cities.

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Unfinished Marshbanks Mansion/Barndominium Now Offered For Sale At Record Price

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 4:00am

LINCOLN – A mansion being built by a local businessman implicated in a multimillion-dollar bank fraud case has a new name and a record-high price.

The partly finished luxury home and “barndominium” being built by Aaron Marshbanks in east Lincoln is now called “The Plainsman” and, when mostly finished, is being offered for sale at $6.469 million.

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Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail Still Incomplete Nearly 30 Years Later

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 3:00am

The view of the Cowboy Trail outside of Gordon, looking east at the trail yet to be created toward Merriman. Once the Chadron-to-Rushville chunk of the trail is finished, proponents plan to focus on a stretch between Valentine and Merriman, then Merriman to Gordon.
(Heidi Beguin / Flatwater Free Press)

Kris Ferguson had a quick reply when someone asked how she and a small group of volunteers managed to finish a 17-mile stretch of the long-planned but unfinished Cowboy Trail in northwest Nebraska.

“Oh it’s easy,” Ferguson responded. “You just need someone who’s willing to go out and get hit by a car while riding their bike.”

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To Insure Or Self-Insure? The Question Homeowners Must Answer Amid Impact Of Climate Change

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 2:00am

No matter where you live, there’s a good chance the weather’s getting wilder. In just the past few weeks, tornadoes have wreaked havoc on Midwest and Southern states, and large swaths of southern Florida were flooded. Globally, 2023 was the hottest year on record.

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Winnebago Tribe Celebrates Return Of Land Taken Along The Missouri River

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 11:23am

LINCOLN — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is celebrating the righting of a five-decade-old wrong.

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Some Visitors To Israel Have A New Stop On Their Tours: Hamas' Destruction In The South

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 8:00am

A group of Israelis visit a damaged house following the Oct. 7 Hamas militants attack on Israel in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2024. A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the border with Gaza.
(Oded Balilty / AP Photo)

KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the border with Gaza.