One Times Square, center, is shown in New York’s Times Square, Aug. 5, 2020. For decades the GOP and business have shared common ground, especially with their mutual belief in low taxes and the need to repeal regulations. But the relationship has come under increasing pressure as companies take cultural stands and other interests diverge. (AP)
For more than a half-century, the voice emerging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s monolithic, Beaux Arts-styled building near the White House was predictable: It was the embodiment of American...
Jay Copan doesn’t hide his disregard for the modern Republican Party.
A solid Republican voter for the past four decades, the 69-year-old quickly regretted casting his 2016 ballot for Donald Trump....
Gov. Asa Hutchinson takes off his Arkansas Razorbacks face mask as he arrives for a coronavirus briefing at the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., April 27, 2020. (Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
An ardent abortion foe who once opposed allowing gay couples to be foster parents, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is the unlikeliest figure to complain about bills on the “culture wars” reaching his...
People protest outside the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., as Gov. Chris Sununu is inaugurated for his third term as governor, Jan. 7, 2021. A measure that recently passed New Hampshire’s Republican-led House would prohibit governors from indefinitely renewing emergency declarations, as Sununu has done every 21 days for the past year. (AP)
As governors loosen long-lasting coronavirus restrictions, state lawmakers across the U.S. are taking actions to significantly limit the power they could wield in future emergencies.
The legislative...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks to the media, Thursday, April 15, 2021, during her weekly briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)
House Democrats approved legislation last Thursday that they say would help close the gap between what men and women are paid in the workplace, though the measure faces little chance of overcoming...
Legal News
“King of Broken Things,” a novel set in Omaha in 1919, is the first selection for the Omaha Bar Association’s new book club. (Theodore Wheeler)
04/13/2021 - 12:00am
To most people, “OBA” stands for “Omaha Bar Association. But, once every three months beginning today, it might as well stand for “Omaha Book Association,” as the OBA’s new book club gets underway.
“The OBA Book Club was a kernel of an idea batted...
Business News
In a bridal shop in Columbus, Ohio, owner Tanya Rutner Hartman helps customer Cristin Lee try on a gown on April 2, 2021. Although weddings and other big celebrations are going back on the calendar in the U.S., business owners who make those events happen expect a slow recovery from the impact of COVID-19. (Gilded Social via AP)
04/16/2021 - 5:00am
Although weddings and other big celebrations are going back on the calendar in the U.S., business owners who make those events happen expect a slow recovery from COVID-19.
Lauren Schaefer is getting more inquiries about her wedding coordination...
In Memoriam
01/20/2021 - 6:46am
The Omaha legal community lost one of its strongest advocates when former Omaha Bar Association Executive Director Mardee Johnston passed away on Jan. 13, six weeks shy of her 85th birthday.
Johnston, who went by Korinek until her marriage to George...
Sponsored Features
06/18/2020 - 5:00am
The COVID-19 pandemic has virtually flipped the business marketplace on its head, making experience all the more important for those looking to buy or sell a small business.
David Bandars, owner of RPR Business Associates Inc., is at the ready to...
