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Commission Approves ‘Racino’ License Transfer To Ogallala In Western Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/25/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission has unanimously approved transferring a racing license from a racetrack in Hastings to a new facility in Ogallala.

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Will The Seine Be Clean Enough By The Olympics? Not Even The Experts Know Yet

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 8:00am

Barges cruise on the Seine River near the Eiffel Tower during a rehearsal for the 2024 Paris Olympic opening ceremony, June. 17, 2024, in Paris.
(Thomas Padilla / AP Photo, File)

PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in?

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Trump Rewrites Republican Convention Speech to Focus on Unity, Not Biden

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 7:00am

WORLD EXCLUSIVE -- Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the assassination attempt against him on Saturday and will call on Thursday for a new effort at national unity.

In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner a day after being hit by a sniper's bullet, Trump said he wanted to take advantage of a historic moment and draw the country together.

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ACLU Files Suit To Compel Feds To Answer 2021 Request For Records On Fremont, Scribner Rental Laws

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 6:00am

LINCOLN — A civil liberties group has turned to the court system to get federal authorities to comply with a public records request — filed in 2021 — seeking information about immigrant-related housing ordinances still on the books in two Nebraska cities.

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Grand Island Gears Up For Aug. 13 Special Election, Public Incentives Related To Good Life District

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 5:00am

Sign that reads Welcome to Grand Island, Grand Island, Nebraska.
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LINCOLN — Though Grand Island was the latest to join Nebraska’s approved Good Life Districts, it appears poised to be the first community to get that so-called good life rolling.

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Seven Omaha Business Districts To Get Pandemic-Related Grants For Safety Lighting, Bollards

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 3:00am

OMAHA — Seven “business improvement districts” in the City of Omaha are to receive grants from the city’s allotment of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Proposals are set for approval this week by the Omaha City Council. Mayor Jean Stothert issued a news release outlining grants that total about $1.68 million.

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Could People Turn Mars Into Another Earth? Here’s What It Would Take To Transform Its Barren Landscape Into A Life-Friendly World

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 2:00am

In this depiction, two astronauts in spacesuits walk toward research station on Mars.
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When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.”

The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new technology that transformed a dead alien world into one brimming with life.

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Mind The Mangroves! Some Kenyans Combat The Threat Of Logging With Hidden Beehives

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 2:00am

Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in Bangladesh slums, Mombasa county, Kenya Thursday, May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting.
(Gideon Maundu / AP Photo)

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline.

The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact.

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Houston Community Groups Strain To Keep Feeding And Cooling A City Battered By Repeat Storms

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 4:00am

HOUSTON (AP) — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where several dozen seniors had lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.

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Detroit’s Legacy Of Housing Inequity Has Caused Long-Term Health Impacts − These Policies Can Help Mitigate That Harm

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 7:00am

Detroiters who face rising rents, poor living conditions and systemic barriers to affordable and safe housing are at greater risk of poor health, our research finds.

We study the connection between housing inequities and health, with the goal of informing local, state and national policy. Our focus is on how interdisciplinary research on housing relates to equity in health, race, income and aging.

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Real Estate News

Commission Approves ‘Racino’ License Transfer To Ogallala In Western Nebraska

Will The Seine Be Clean Enough By The Olympics? Not Even The Experts Know Yet

Trump Rewrites Republican Convention Speech to Focus on Unity, Not Biden

ACLU Files Suit To Compel Feds To Answer 2021 Request For Records On Fremont, Scribner Rental Laws

Grand Island Gears Up For Aug. 13 Special Election, Public Incentives Related To Good Life District

Seven Omaha Business Districts To Get Pandemic-Related Grants For Safety Lighting, Bollards

Could People Turn Mars Into Another Earth? Here’s What It Would Take To Transform Its Barren Landscape Into A Life-Friendly World

Mind The Mangroves! Some Kenyans Combat The Threat Of Logging With Hidden Beehives

Houston Community Groups Strain To Keep Feeding And Cooling A City Battered By Repeat Storms

Detroit’s Legacy Of Housing Inequity Has Caused Long-Term Health Impacts − These Policies Can Help Mitigate That Harm

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