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Nebraska’s Shifting Workforce Demands Amid ‘Brain Drain’ Should Sound Alarm, Researcher Says

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 5:00am

Drivers navigate their morning commute along the recently completed south interchange of the South Beltway on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. (Kenneth Ferriera / Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

LINCOLN — More people have continued to leave than enter Nebraska from other states, and the loss is heavily those with an education level of at least a bachelor’s degree.

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Casinos Not Hurting Other Forms Of Gambling In Nebraska, At Least So Far

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — The first results are in, and spending on charitable gambling does not appear to have been impacted by the advent of casinos in Nebraska — at least not yet.

In the last quarter of 2022, Nebraskans wagered $97.2 million on keno, pickle cards, bingo and the state lottery, a nearly 5% increase over the months of July, August and September, according to a report issued Thursday.

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How Climate Change Can Impact Your Finances

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:00am

Kristy Jiayi Xu got an unwelcome surprise this New Year's Eve: The roof of her garage was leaking during a severe rainstorm in San Francisco. Delays in getting a contractor to fix the roof has brought unexpected costs to keep things dry, including a dehumidifier.

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What To Know About TurboTax Before You File Your Taxes This Year

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 5:00am

Under the Free File agreement, Americans who make less than $73,000 per year should be able to file their taxes for free with one of the tax preparation companies that partners with the IRS. But this program has been historically underutilized, with just 4% of eligible Americans filing for free in 2021.

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Nebraska Chamber: Raising State’s Tech Profile Is One Key To Filling Worker Void

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — With Nebraska today unable to fill as many as 80,000 jobs, the statewide business chamber wants to amplify the push to boost the Husker tech image and overall workforce numbers.

“This next generation goes where the technology jobs are,” Bryan Slone, president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Tuesday. ‘We need to be known as a technology state.”

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In Search Of Cheap Power And Land, Crypto Companies Look To Nebraska

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 5:00am

KEARNEY – On an 11-acre plot in Kearney sit dozens of what look like shipping containers.

Inside the metal boxes are racks and racks of computers. Thousands of them, solving complicated math equations ‘round the clock.

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A Journey From Work To Home Is About More Than Just Getting There – The Psychological Benefits Of Commuting That Remote Work Doesn’t Provide

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 4:00am

For most American workers who commute, the trip to and from the office takes nearly one full hour a day – 26 minutes each way on average, with 7.7% of workers spending two hours or more on the road.

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Rural Americans Aren’t Included In Inflation Figures – And For Them, The Cost Of Living May Be Rising Faster

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 5:00am

When the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of January 2023 to set interest rates, it will be guided by one key bit of data: the U.S. inflation rate. The problem is, that stat ignores a sizable chunk of the country – rural America.

Currently sitting at 6.5%, the rate of inflation is still high, even though it has fallen back slightly from the end of 2022.

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What Does ESG Mean? Two Business Scholars Explain What Environmental, Social And Governance Standards And Principles Are

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:00am

Environmental, social and governance business standards and principles, often referred to as ESG, are becoming both more commonplace and controversial.

But what does “ESG” really mean?

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Inside The Controversial Sales Practices Of The Nation’s Biggest Title Lender

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 5:00am

In her mid-20s, Cordelius Brown thought she had found the perfect job. She was thriving as a store manager at TitleMax, a Savannah, Georgia-based company that dominates a segment of the state’s subprime lending industry known as title lending.