Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 4:00am
The United States is an increasingly polarized country when it comes to politics – but one thing that almost all people want is to live a long, healthy life.
More and more Americans are moving from Democratic-leaning blue states to Republican-voting red ones, and one of the effects of this change is that they are relocating to places with lower life expectancy.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 3:00am
To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream.
However, this ideal is relatively new within a broader history of housing and development in the U.S. It’s also a goal that has become increasingly unattainable.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 3:00am
To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream.
However, this ideal is relatively new within a broader history of housing and development in the U.S. It’s also a goal that has become increasingly unattainable.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 5:00am
You’ve seen the ads in your neighborhood. They’ve flashed across your television and buzzed your phone to life at odd hours. The slogans and phone numbers might change, but the pitch is the same: “We buy houses for cash.”
Thousands of real estate investors across the country use a variety of techniques to find potential sellers and plan their next deal.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 4:00am
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument's fire-ravaged roof.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — The Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska will receive $500,000 for high-speed internet development as part of the Biden Administration’s “Internet for All” initiative.
The Santee Sioux was one of nine tribal entities that will share a combined $4.5 million from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 4:00am
Finding an affordable home in 2023 is like finding a needle in a haystack made of other needles. At least, that's the sentiment expressed by most U.S. renters.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 5:00am
Trash bags full of ruined clothes, furniture stained with mold and ruined keepsakes filled the front yard of Carolyn Burton and Jerry Hofee’s former rental home in north St. Louis County. It all had to go in the trash.
Burton and Hofee noticed the sewage leak not long after they moved into the rental home on Roslan Place.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 3:00am
Heavy downpours and a thick snowpack in the Western mountains and Upper Midwest have put communities in several states at risk of flooding this spring – or already under water.
Flooding is the costliest type of natural disaster in the U.S., responsible for about 90% of the damage from natural disasters each year. It happens almost every day somewhere in the country.