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First-Time Homebuyer Savings Accounts, New Sales Taxes Proposed By Nebraska Senators

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 7:00am

This Aug. 23, 2013, photo shows the front entrance, living room and kitchen of a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house for sale by the city in Lincoln, Neb. The new house is reserved for low-or moderate-income buyers earning no more than 80 percent of Lincoln's median income.
(Gwyneth Roberts / The Lincoln Journal-Star via AP)

LINCOLN — A state lawmaker seeking a universal homestead exemption for Nebraska homeowners is also proposing tax incentives for new first-time homebuyer savings accounts.

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A.I. Apocalypse, Funded by Man

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 6:00am

Pursuing safety, property, and happiness takes money, and as such people in companies will sometimes cut what corners they can to make more of it. Instead of hauling waste to factories, it is easier to dump it into waterways and pay a small fine later if discovered.

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After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 5:00am

The JPMorgan Chase bank building in the center of the Pacific Palisades, California, business district was destroyed.
(Sarahbeth Maney / ProPublica)

After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?

by Tim Golden

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In the last years before the fires that destroyed Pacific Palisades, California, the great civic debate in my hometown was over the meaning of a shopping mall.

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Uncertainty Piles On Gretna Good Life District As Yates Pulls Out Of Current Deal

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — Rod Yates, the approved applicant for Gretna’s good life district, has notified the state that he believes the transformational Nebraska tourist magnet project he envisioned is no longer viable under existing terms with the state.

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4 Reasons Why The US Might Want To Buy Greenland – If It Were For Sale, Which It Isn’t

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 3:00am

Homes are illuminated after the sunset in Tasiilaq, Greenland, Friday Aug. 16, 2019.
(Felipe Dana / AP Photo)

President-elect Donald Trump has sparked diplomatic controversy by suggesting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland for reasons of “national security” and refusing to definitively rule out using military force to do so. Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, “is not for sale,” said Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.

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After Months Of Outcry, Low-Income Tenants Sue Omaha Housing Authority Over Bed Bug Infestation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 7:00am

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday alleges the Omaha Housing Authority failed to eliminate bed bug infestations at high-rise apartments for low-income residents.

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6-Year-Olds In England Get A Phonics Check. American Kids Should Get One, Too

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 6:00am

I’m going to give you a reading test. Ready? Say these words out loud:

Chip

Hill

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Nebraska Lawmaker Who Championed Good Life Districts Law Criticizes Rollout

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 5:00am

A vision of the Gretna good life district proposed by businessman Rod Yates. Boundaries would include and surround Nebraska Crossing mall centered at Interstate 80 and Highway 31. In the background are residential towers that could rise at the site along with a billion-dollar youth sports complex.
(Courtesy of Nebraska Crossing)

GRETNA, Nebraska — When State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan proposed legislation to create good life districts two years ago, she envisioned the result would be a Nebraska tourist magnet akin to Kansas City’s Legends retail complex or Minnesota’s Mall of America.

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'Dinosaur Highway' Tracks Dating Back 166 Million Years Are Discovered In England

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 4:00am

Students from University of Birmingham work on five extensive trackways that formed part of a “dinosaur highway” are uncovered, at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England.
(University of Birmingham via AP)

LONDON (AP) — A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.

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Navy Destroyer Named After Bob Kerrey

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — First a bridge and now a Navy destroyer has been named after former Nebraska governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey.

This week, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer has been named the USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146).