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Shift In North Omaha Area Business Park Plan Means No Residential Relocation, No Home Buys

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am

One of the community meetings about the North Omaha business park drew about 150 people to a packed gym. The development team creating the park has decided to no longer pursue the purchase of residential properties, which had caused controversy early on.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — After more than two years of study and often controversial neighborhood meetings, developers of a planned North Omaha area business park fueled by a $90 million state grant have announced a major pivot: No longer will they pursue the purchase of residential properties to make way for the project.

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Ending Taxes On Home Sales Would Benefit The Wealthiest Households Most – Part Of A Larger Pattern In Trump Tax Plans

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am

Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for US$435,000 in June – President Donald Trump said that he was considering a plan to make home sales tax-free.

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Trump's Trade Battle With China Puts US Soybean Farmers In Peril

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am

Kentucky Farmer Caleb Ragland sits in his combine while harvesting corn in Magnolia, Ky., Sept. 12, 2025.
(Dylan Lovan / AP Photo)

MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland's thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn't know where he and others like him will sell their crop because China has stopped buying.

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There’s A New Push To Save Child Care On College Campuses

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00am

Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the House minority whip (center).
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

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$300M Creighton Donor-Funded Plan Aims To Reshape Part Of Downtown Omaha

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00am

The planned Jaywalk is a passageway that would link Creighton University’s east campus to the Builder’s District, a multi-million-dollar campus where the anchor is the Kiewit Corp. headquarters and is being developed by Noddle Companies. The Jaywalk is one element of a roughly $300 million “Fly Together” initiative announced Thursday expected to better blend Creighton into Omaha’s core.
(Courtesy of Creighton University)

OMAHA — A roughly $300 million donor-funded plan is poised to reshape a 12-block recreational and athletic corridor on the east side of Creighton University — further meshing the private institution into the downtown of Nebraska’s largest city.

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What Happens When AI Comes To The Cotton Fields

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00am

Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and respond to changes within a farm field in real time. This includes using artificial intelligence technologies for tasks such as helping farmers apply pesticides only where and when they are needed.

However, precision agriculture has not been widely implemented in many rural areas of the United States.

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Fewer Households, Businesses Will Get High-Speed Internet Under Revamped Federal Plan

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00am

Christopher Mitchell, director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, stands on a rail next to spools of cables during the Tribal Broadband Bootcamp in Aguanga, Calif., Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
(Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)

LEFT HAND, W. Va. — The residents of Roane County, West Virginia, enjoy living among the rolling mountains and winding, two-lane roads. Situated between Charleston and Parkersburg, two of the state’s largest cities, the rural county is known for its small towns and historic buildings.

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Bound To You

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 12:00am

Texas seems to be spearheading the Conservative effort to put the Ten Commandments in classrooms around the United States. The liberals who decry this are missing a golden opportunity.

You mean to tell me that your political opponent wants to frame up the rules ordained by God Almighty himself, which are not “guidelines," but absolute rules for a Christian or Catholic to follow… and liberals don’t like this?

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Does Anyone Go To Prison For Federal Mortgage Fraud? Not Many, The Numbers Suggest

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 12:00am

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, June 25, 2025, in Washington.
(Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)

Mortgage fraud is back in the news. Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, is being investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly making false statements when applying for a mortgage. Members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet are accused of similar wrongdoings. Could any of these people go to prison?

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Taking Over Management Of The Scenic Niobrara River Would Come With Costs

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska would have to dig into its pocketbook if it wants to take over management of the scenic Niobrara River from the National Park Service.