Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00am
SEATTLE (AP) — Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday and help avoid any major disruptions to Thanksgiving travel.
Separately, Washington state regulators announced they were fining the company $3.8 million for a 2023 spill from the same pipeline system nearby.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska “got our butts kicked” by the Tyson Foods decision to close a Lexington beef plant employing about 3,200 people, Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday. But he sees a possible Hail Mary pass to resurrect the industrial property.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across the border with little fanfare.
The yarn orders usually met an import tax exemption for packages valued at under $800, meaning it could be imported tariff-free and avoid the customs process.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00am
It’s popular advice for new graduates: “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Love for one’s work, Americans are often told, is the surest route to success.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The City of Omaha is hosting a free interactive lecture and panel discussion Dec. 2 (today!) to explore why people and workers are leaving Nebraska’s most populated city for opportunities elsewhere and to help find solutions to “brain drain.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/25/2025 - 12:00am
The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating Wall Street estimates. The chipmaker said revenue will rise again to $US65 billion in the last part of the year.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/25/2025 - 12:00am
I have been keeping chickens off and on for over 10 years now. In fact, in 2016 I made my very first Instagram post (@jerkofalltradeshebert), showing my one and only attempt at delving into meat birds after raising laying hens for a year or two. For the record, I would raise chickens for meat again but put a lot more thought into the planning. Now, I could have made an economic case for the meat birds.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/25/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — At least 25 bills have been introduced this Congress to further limit lawmakers and their family members from trading individual stocks, and representatives across the aisle renewed pressure Wednesday on U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the issue.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 11/25/2025 - 12:00am
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries.