Profiles

Bridging The Gap Between Foster Care And Adulthood — With Coffee

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 5:00am

Astute Coffee connects young adults to the workforce and supports their self-sufficiency through personal and professional development Programming. (Shutterstock)

Astute Coffee is a social enterprise nonprofit that helps young people who have aged out of the foster care system, giving them steady employment to help them develop job skills as well as life skills to young adults who have not had the chance to learn them elsewhere.

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Truth Or Fallacy: Can Politicians Be Above The Law?

Published by admin on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 5:00am

The US Capital building in Washington D.C.
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In March of 2022 nine-term Nebraska Senator Jeff Fortenberry was found guilty of three felony counts for making false statements to the FBI and concealing information about his campaign donations. The investigation stemmed from a campaign donation by Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury. Through three strawmen, Chagoury donated $30,000 to Fortenberry’s campaign in 2016. When brought to court, Fortenberry denied any such contributions.

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CRE Summit Offers Life-Preservers To Those Worrying About High Interest Rates

Published by admin on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 5:00am

As the CRE Summit focuses on Charting the Course: Navigating a Higher Interest Rate Environment, they endeavored to throw those in the community a life-preserver to help them survive this volatile market.

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The Best Smaller U.S. Cities For Outdoor Enthusiasts

Published by admin on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:00am

A new study by CommercialSearch, an organization focused on commercial real estate reports, has found that Omaha is in the top 10 in the small cities category for outdoor enthusiasts.

The categories examined cities with a population above or below 500,000 and cities were scored out of 100 points on:

Walkability

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Dvorak Law Group Welcomes Kalen F. Peterson

Published by admin on Fri, 08/25/2023 - 12:00am

Dvorak Law Group, LLC is pleased to welcome Kalen F. Peterson to the firm’s Business and Corporate practice group. Peterson, an Aberdeen, SD native, is a 2021 graduate of the University of the Nebraska College of Law, completing the Business Transactions Program of Concentrated Study.

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Ashley T. Kraus Joins Dvorak Law Group

Published by admin on Fri, 08/25/2023 - 12:00am

Dvorak Law Group, LLC is pleased to welcome Ashley T. Kraus to the firm’s Estate Planning practice group. Kraus, a Lincoln, NE native, is a 2019 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law.

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Annual Commercial Real Estate Summit: Navigating A Higher Interest Rate Environment

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/24/2023 - 1:00am

Jery Slusky, Founder and Co-Chair of CRE Summit discusses the real estate market for the coming year in preparation for this year’s Summit.

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SCOTUS: Justices Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 08/21/2023 - 2:00am

The creation of Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) stemmed from the Devils Lake Sioux’s concern about the treatment they received by the county welfare officers in 1968. Children were regularly removed from their homes and placed into foster homes or adopted by non-native households. All rehoming was done without consultation from either tribal leaders or the community.

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SCOTUS: Affirmative Action

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 4:00am

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court came to a decision on Students for Fair Admission Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admission Inc v. University of North Carolina. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court invalidated admission policies, effectively ending decades of race conscious admission policies.

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‘Barbenheimer’: The Double Feature That Revived The Movie Theater

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/03/2023 - 1:03pm

In 2023 the US and Canada have sold nearly 830 million tickets which, though better than 2020’s 220 million, is far behind 2018’s 1.3 billion. It is largely due to the ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ marketing strategy which made both movies nonnegotiable must-sees.