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Surprises Lurk Beneath Humble Exteriors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 7:00am

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania -- On most days after work, Brandon Borischak can be found doing one of two things: tinkering with car engines or just cars in general, admitting he is that guy whose house you will breeze by on a country road and wonder why he "has a few of them" on his property.

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Sublette County Rejects Joe Ricketts’ Request To Scrub Wildlife Rules, Slowing Upscale Resort

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 6:00am

Migratory elk cross Granite Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, on May 19, 2018.
(Gregory Nickerson / Wyoming Migration Initiative / University of Wyoming via AP)

A billionaire’s planned Upper Hoback Road luxury resort could take as long as six years to construct because Sublette County is not granting his request to eliminate seasonal restrictions designed to prevent the displacement of wildlife.

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Rent Aid Program For Needy Nebraskans “On Track,” With Much Of The $48m Still Available

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 6:00am

LINCOLN — A once-controversial emergency rent aid program has distributed about $11 million to eligible Nebraskans, leaving more than three-quarters of $48 million available following its September launch.

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Traffic Engineers Build Roads That Invite Crashes Because They Rely On Outdated Research And Faulty Data

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 5:00am

In this Nov. 25, 2019, photo, Dave McMannis, first responder liaison with the Franklin County Engineers office, poses for a photo at the Franklin County Engineers office in Columbus, Ohio. He is responsible for contacting schools, emergency responders and others to coordinate traffic before construction projects start.
(Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

“Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive, smells like a steak, and seats 35?”

Back in 1998, “The Simpsons” joked about the Canyonero, an SUV so big that they were obviously kidding. At that time, it was preposterous to think anyone would drive something that was “12 yards long, two lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride.”

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Beans Farmed On School Land - A Family Story

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 6:00am

Matt Blomenkamp, Assistant Superintendent of Operations stands beside the mission statement of Bennington Public Schools.
(Don Rashid / The Daily Record)

Aaron Schmidt visited as a child the former home which stood on land once used as a farm. Now, he is farming this same, leased land from the Bennington School District in a novel arrangement. Schmidt said, “I remember when the land was a fully functional farm and spending time at the farmhouse, land and buildings.”

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Cities With Empty Commercial Space And Housing Shortages Are Converting Office Buildings Into Apartments – Here’s What They’re Learning

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 4:00am

It took a global pandemic to convince American businesses that their employees could work productively from home, or a favorite coffee shop. Post-COVID-19, employers are struggling to find the right balance of in-office and remote work. However, hybrid work is likely here to stay, at least for a segment of workers.

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Nebraska Gov. Pillen Issues ‘Save-The-Date’ For Special Session On Property Taxes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen offered one of the clearest timelines yet Monday for when he might call a special session on property tax relief this summer.

“To any state senator reading this — clear your schedule from July 26 to August 15,” Pillen wrote in his latest column. “We have the people’s work to do.”

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Unprecedented Moves Seek To Ramp Up Affordable Housing Options In Omaha

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/13/2024 - 7:00am

The nine-house residential development called Curtis Corner at 49th Street and Curtis Avenue is to be completed by the summer’s end. It is developed by Phillip McClain, a graduate of the Spark Developer Academy that’s designed to boost emerging developers from minority populations.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — A busload of budding developers snaked through some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods this week, guided by an urban planner who pointed out abandoned lots freshly prepared for new housing thanks to a state “shovel-ready” grant.

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Civics Gives Us Informed Choices

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/13/2024 - 6:00am

Recent events underscore the idea that we should bring back civics as a required subject. Or, perhaps even better, maybe we should extend the requirement beyond classrooms and into the very fabric of American life, where we get to make informed choices.

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How Do You Build Tunnels And Bridges Underwater? A Geotechnical Engineer Explains The Construction Tricks

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/13/2024 - 4:00am

When I was a kid, I discovered a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip that posed one of my own burning questions: How do they know the load limit on bridges? Calvin’s dad (incorrectly) tells him, “They drive bigger and bigger trucks over it until it breaks. Then they weigh the last truck and rebuild the bridge.”

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Real Estate News

Surprises Lurk Beneath Humble Exteriors

Sublette County Rejects Joe Ricketts’ Request To Scrub Wildlife Rules, Slowing Upscale Resort

Rent Aid Program For Needy Nebraskans “On Track,” With Much Of The $48m Still Available

Traffic Engineers Build Roads That Invite Crashes Because They Rely On Outdated Research And Faulty Data

Beans Farmed On School Land - A Family Story

Cities With Empty Commercial Space And Housing Shortages Are Converting Office Buildings Into Apartments – Here’s What They’re Learning

Nebraska Gov. Pillen Issues ‘Save-The-Date’ For Special Session On Property Taxes

Unprecedented Moves Seek To Ramp Up Affordable Housing Options In Omaha

Civics Gives Us Informed Choices

How Do You Build Tunnels And Bridges Underwater? A Geotechnical Engineer Explains The Construction Tricks

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