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Bill To Prevent Local Rent Controls In Nebraska Moves A Step Forward, With Certain Exceptions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 7:00am

The sponsor of legislation in Nebraska seeking to outlaw most local forms of rent control says he is trying to make sure investors want to build more new apartment buildings.
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LINCOLN — A measure that would prevent local governments from imposing rent controls on private property, with some exceptions, took a step forward in the Nebraska Legislature on Monday.

Legislative Bill 266, introduced by State Sen. Rob Dover of Norfolk, moved ahead on a 32-5 vote despite objections from a handful of Democratic lawmakers.

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Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives And Loosen Laws To Attract Power Plants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 5:00am

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services (front right) is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024.
(Ted Shaffrey / AP Photo)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity.

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Columbus Official Talks Housing Crisis To Capitol Hill Panel Led By U.S. Rep. Mike Flood

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska U.S. Rep. Mike Flood held his first hearing Tuesday as chair of a Housing & Insurance Subcommittee, and introduced as one of the group’s testifiers a local face: Columbus city administrator Tara Vasicek.

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'More Than Brick And Mortar:' DC Begins Removing 'Black Lives Matter' Plaza Near The White House

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 3:00am

Tears roll down the face of Starlette Thomas, of Bowie, Md., as she holds a chunk of pavement from the Black Lives Matter mural, Monday, March 10, 2025.
(Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest police brutality and systemic racial iniquities during the summer of 2020.

On Monday, the 45-year old Bowie, Maryland resident returned to the site of those protests to mourn the end of Black Lives Matter Plaza.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Asked To Restore Funding For Chief Standing Bear Museum, Lake Projects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 7:00am

A portrait of Chief Standing Bear was displayed on the first floor of the Nebraska Capitol on Monday.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN – State lawmakers were told Monday that restoring funding for a Standing Bear museum and improvements at two large lakes would enhance tourism and economic development and honor “an extraordinary Nebraskan.”

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America, Part Two

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 6:00am

There are many reasons why “Part 2s," and successive iterations in films do worse than those that came before. Generally though, eventually a series will bleed out as more are made until it is forgotten, or laughed at. Usually because the first movie in a series was inspired by some novel idea, moral, or angle that captivated audiences.

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Miami Beach Mayor Says No To Getting Back Together A Year After Breaking Up With Spring Breakers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 5:00am

City of Miami Beach police officers are staged along Ocean Drive during spring break on South Beach, in Miami Beach, Fla., March 9, 2024.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren't interested in couples counseling.

Officials recently announced they were bringing back enhanced security measures for practically the entire month of March, including parking restrictions and increased fees for nonresidents.

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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living In A D.C. House That Is The Center Of A Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 4:00am

From left: President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly Johnson listen after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
(Graeme Jennings / Pool Photo via AP)

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

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Brazil Rejoices Over First Oscar Win. 'I'm Still Here' House To Be Transformed Into A Film Museum

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 3:00am

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced “I'm Still Here” as the winner of the international feature at the Academy Awards, millions of Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.

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Nebraska Should Encourage AI Innovation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:00am

Search online for “artificial intelligence.” Do it daily for a week. Thanks to how quickly this technology is advancing, you’ll get seven very different search results.

As quickly as AI is developing, state legislatures are moving just as quickly to try to control it — including here in Nebraska.

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Bill To Prevent Local Rent Controls In Nebraska Moves A Step Forward, With Certain Exceptions

Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives And Loosen Laws To Attract Power Plants

Columbus Official Talks Housing Crisis To Capitol Hill Panel Led By U.S. Rep. Mike Flood

'More Than Brick And Mortar:' DC Begins Removing 'Black Lives Matter' Plaza Near The White House

Nebraska Lawmakers Asked To Restore Funding For Chief Standing Bear Museum, Lake Projects

America, Part Two

Miami Beach Mayor Says No To Getting Back Together A Year After Breaking Up With Spring Breakers

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living In A D.C. House That Is The Center Of A Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Brazil Rejoices Over First Oscar Win. 'I'm Still Here' House To Be Transformed Into A Film Museum

Nebraska Should Encourage AI Innovation

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