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Trump Appointees Have Ties To Companies That Stand To Benefit From Privatizing Weather Forecasts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 12:00am

President Donald Trump (left) listens as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 6, 2025, en route to Washington.
(Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — As commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick oversees the U.S. government’s vast efforts to monitor and predict the weather.

The billionaire also ran a financial firm, which he recently left in the control of his adult sons, that stands to benefit if President Donald Trump’s administration follows through on a decade-long Republican effort to privatize government weather forecasting.

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3 Basic Ingredients, A Million Possibilities: How Small Pizzerias Succeed With Uniqueness In An Age Of Chain Restaurants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 12:00am

A slice of deep-dish pizza is shown at Pequod's in Chicago Sept. 5, 2014. Chicago is one of a handful of cities across the country, like Boston, Milwaukee and New York, with companies that offer tours of the local pizza scene.
(Caryn Rousseau / AP Photo)

At its heart, pizza is deceptively simple. Made from just a few humble ingredients – baked dough, tangy sauce, melted cheese and maybe a few toppings – it might seem like a perfect candidate for the kind of mass-produced standardization that defines many global food chains, where predictable menus reign supreme.

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Why Do So Many American Workers Feel Guilty About Taking The Vacation They’ve Earned?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 12:00am

“My dedication was questioned.”

“Managers or upper management have looked down upon taking time off.”

“People think that maybe you’re not as invested in the job, that you’re shirking your duties or something.”

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Microsoft's Largest Layoff In Years Hits Xbox, Sales And Other Divisions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:00am

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday that hit the company's Xbox video game business and other divisions.

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In A Big Bill That Hurts Clean Energy, Residential Solar Likely To Get Hit Fast

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.

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The SBH Review: Lively Santoro Offers Omaha A Mix Of Mexican Favorites And Novel Offerings

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:00am

Jesus Rivera, the owner and chef at Santoro, the buzzy new restaurant at 8601 West Dodge Road in Omaha. Rivera is well known in Omaha for long operating Rivera’s, the Mexican spot that bore his name.
(Bob Glissmann / Flatwater Free Press)

Santoro, chef Jesus Rivera’s new higher-end Mexican spot, has been on my radar for at least a year.

Like so many Omahans, I was a big fan of his former restaurant, Rivera’s, which closed about two years ago. If my recent visits to Santoro, in a development at 8601 West Dodge Road, are any indication, lots of diners share both my curiosity about his new spot and a lingering desire for the old one, too.

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Superintendents’ Early Childhood Plan: A Decade Of Omaha Metro Success

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:00am

As superintendents of the 11 school districts that make up the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties, we want to take full advantage of the awe-inspiring early years when children’s brains develop most rapidly.

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The Rule Of Law Is Key To Capitalism − Eroding It Is Bad News For American Business

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:00am

Something dangerous is happening to the U.S. economy, and it’s not inflation or trade wars. Chaotic deregulation and the selective enforcement of laws have upended markets and investor confidence. At one point, the threat of tariffs and resulting chaos evaporated US$4 trillion in value in the U.S. stock market. This approach isn’t helping the economy, and there are troubling signs it will hurt both the U.S. and the global economy in the short and long term.

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A Mediterranean Sun In Omaha: Zaytuna

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/01/2025 - 12:00am

The stunning Zaytuna Mix consists of light rice, temperate beef, seared chicken, wonderful pickles and perhaps the best tomato in Omaha.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

The darkness of that 80’s cigarette-stained basement was ever suffocating. Pallid and lethargic in my seat, a savior approached.

“Come with me if you don’t want to suffer the feeling of being overfull!” The Afghan held out his hand, helping me rise from the torture chair of another American food-chain restaurant, where it is believed that a gallon of fry oil and butter is a reasonable spice for everything.

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Accurate Information Is Our Responsibility

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/01/2025 - 12:00am

Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is the current owner of an IOU worth millions of dollars. The chit is the result of his vote for the small-minded, unattractive and unpopular bill working its way through Congress, part of which will cut funding for Nebraska Public Media (NPM).

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