Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:06am
MIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:05am
Eighteen years ago, my friend and I started a business selling handmade, custom-churned ice cream. Our one-of-a-kind flavors – like red velvet cake and maple blonde brownie – have made our old-fashioned parlor a longtime favorite in Omaha.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:04am
WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for negotiations ahead of the 2017 tax law’s expiration, economists and small business owners urged U.S. lawmakers Thursday to extend or make permanent the Trump-era tax cuts.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:03am
OMAHA — While Nebraskans might be more accustomed to seeing the Google brand sprawled on suburban data centers, a Google subsidiary is now carving out a home in an office building in Omaha’s urban core.
Google Fiber, a new-to-market high-speed fiber optic internet provider, has leased about 7,000 square feet in the rehabbed Ashton building of the Millwork Commons district.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:06am
Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:05am
LEBANON, Pennsylvania -- You may not be aware that there's a symmetry in Pennsylvania between farmers and the natural gas industry. But just walk into the Keystone Pork, Poultry Progress and Mid-Atlantic Manure Summit here at the expo center in Lebanon County, put your hands on the propane-shaped stress ball, and you'll start to understand it.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:04am
At a February legislative hearing, a seemingly mundane bill reforming county zoning procedures drew testimony from a big name: Gov. Jim Pillen.
For those seeking to build projects such as livestock operations, Pillen said, applying for a permit from the county can be “extraordinarily frustrating.” The bill would “take some of the subjectiveness out of this process,” he told the legislative committee.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:03am
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:02am
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Natural gas drilling companies would be banned in New York from using an extraction method that involves injecting large amounts of liquified carbon dioxide deep underground under a bill moving through the state legislature.
The measure would immediately block a Texas company that wants to use the method as an alternative to hydraulic fracturing with a water-based solution.