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A Winter Parade of Ramen

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00am

Spicy shrimp ramen from Oyoto Sushi and Ramen. For spice and shrimp lovers: this dish was a blast. Plus the wooden ladle was a fun touch.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

Without realizing the sheer cliffs that a man can fall off if he is careless, I made a half-thought-out decision to review “the ramen in Omaha.” Living in Omaha all of my life, I hadn’t seen many ramen restaurants, and as such, it was then believed that the process would be simple and quick. Off-hand I knew of three, which I had been to prior. Alas, though I knew that Omaha (minus the metro) was rated highly for the number of restaurants-per-person, I had not considered the size of the task which I had set before me.

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Three Promising Practices To Engage A New Workforce

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00am

Three Promising Practices to Engage a New Workforce

Hull: The next generation, a huge reservoir of talent, gets a lot more advice about building a personal brand than about building a career.

By Stephanie J. Hull

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Farmers Can Now Learn How Much Aid They Will Get From The Trump Administration

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00am

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.

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Has The Fed Fixed The Economy Yet? And Other Burning Economic Questions For 2026

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00am

The U.S. economy heads into 2026 in an unusual place: Inflation is down from its peak in mid-2022, growth has held up better than many expected, and yet American households say that things still feel shaky. Uncertainty is the watchword, especially with a major Supreme Court ruling on tariffs on the horizon.

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Bulgaria Is Joining The Euro. Here's What It Means For Consumers And Businesses

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00am

A woman passes by a graffiti reading "No to the euro" altered to "Yes to the euro" in Sofia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
(Valentina Petrova / AP Photo)

On New Year's Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe.

Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Yet polls show the changeover is taking place against a background of widespread skepticism among ordinary people.

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A Sky Of Flowers: Clio’s

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00am

A plate of rice and pickled vegetables from Clio in the Old Market off 12th and Howard streets.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

The restaurant itself was beautiful. It had no need of the men in pressed suits or the women in autumn colored dresses. Nor would those few revelers who were passing by the broad windows have any effect on the ambiance inside. At a small table in the corner, I had been sitting; my eyes drifting between the awnings just outside to thoughts of a man getting ready for a date.

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Bellevue Classics: Catfish Lake At The Lodge

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00am

Me and the fam were on our way down to Falconwood Park for their Frosty Lights event, and we needed somewhere to eat. But where in the near-food-desert of Southern Bellevue can one find a drop-in type place that isn’t the new McDonalds on Capehart or driving all the way down to Plattsmouth for the coveted Taco Bell-KFC Combo and beyond? Well, let me tell you. Catfish Lake at the Lodge is tucked in just off the beaten path of the intersection of Highway 75 and Highway 34.

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Overtime Overdone? 27 State Employees Double Pay By Working Vast Amounts Of Overtime

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00am

Legislative Auditor Stephanie Meese.
(Courtesy photo)

A small number of state employees dramatically boost their annual salaries by clocking extreme amounts of overtime hours.

At least 27 state employees made more money in overtime than they did from their base salaries during the fiscal year that ended in June 2024. They did so even as the majority of the state’s 19,000 employees work no or negligible amounts of overtime.

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Chiefs Moving To Kansas With $3.3 Billion Plan For Domed Stadium, Training Facility

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00am

TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas City Chiefs are moving to Kansas with a deal to use more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funding to help build a domed stadium, entertainment district, new team headquarters and a training facility, Kansas officials announced Monday.

The announcement followed a closed-door meeting by legislative leaders who then voted unanimously to issue STAR bonds to finance the project.

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Steak Town USA: It’s Time To Pick The Best Omaha Steakhouse

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00am

It didn’t win our Steak Town rankings. But some of the mouth-watering items Sarah Baker Hansen tried at Johnny's Cafe earlier this year include, clockwise from left: cowboy mashed potatoes, a loaded baked potato, a cocktail, carrot cake, house-made mushroom gravy, French onion soup, a ribeye with onion rings and a filet with onion rings.
(Joshua Foo / Flatwater Free Press)

In January, when we launched our yearlong examination of Omaha steakhouses, we started by asking a few simple questions: What is the Omaha steakhouse, anyway? Who is doing it the best in 2025? And what gives it such staying power, continuing to define what both lifelong Omahans like me and visitors love to eat?