Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/22/2024 - 5:00am
Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company to help speed up its carbon pipeline construction project, Summit officials confirm.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/22/2024 - 4:00am
SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as a monument to privacy.
There's precious little of that for Pimentel during this summer of “overtourism."
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/22/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — From North Platte to Omaha, advocates representing towns across Nebraska converged in the Capital City this week to launch the Herculean task of building thousands of new residential units for the state’s hardest-to-house populations.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 7:00am
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm has a street address. But unlike the houses in Carmel-By-The-Sea, those days may soon be numbered.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 6:00am
Tax policy is not a thrilling topic at the barbecue, but the taxes we pay are perennial subjects of conversation in Nebraska. As recipients of the property tax, we (counties, municipalities and schools) are as sensitive as anyone to the issue.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 5:00am
My colleagues and I have developed an artificial intelligence system that helps buildings shift their energy use to times when the electric grid is cleaner.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON – While much of U.S. border security talk focuses on the southwest corner of the country, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill in June aimed at a different target — growing migration along the U.S.-Canada border.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 1:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen pushed his property tax relief chips to the middle of the Legislature’s poker table Monday, staking his political reputation on state senators passing structural changes that cannot be easily undone.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/08/2024 - 5:00am
One thing I’ve learned in my over 30 years of doing commentary on radio, TV, and now print and digital is that people like to complain. I’ve made a living out of complaining and the audience has supported me on it all these years so they must like it too.
Complaining and criticizing gets more attention than complimenting and supporting. Hear me out.