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Petition Signatures Turned In For Nebraska Paid Sick Leave Ballot Measure

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 6:00am

LINCOLN — The 250,000 Nebraskans who work at least 30 hours a week but don’t have paid sick leave from their employers will likely get the chance to help secure the benefit at the ballot box.

Organizers of Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans announced Thursday that they were turning in 138,000 voter signatures aimed at putting a minimum level of sick leave into state law.

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Federal Reserve's Preferred Inflation Gauge Shows Price Pressures Easing Further

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease.

Friday's Commerce Department report showed that consumer prices were flat from April to May, the mildest such performance in more than four years. Measured from a year earlier, prices rose 2.6% last month, slightly less than in April.

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Walgreens To Take A Hard Look At Underperforming Stores, Could Shutter Hundreds More

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 4:00am

Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its U.S. business that could result in closing hundreds of additional stores over the next three years.

CEO Tim Wentworth told analysts Thursday morning that “changes are imminent” for about 25% of the company's stores, which he said were underperforming. The drugstore chain currently runs more than 8,600 in the United States.

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Fireworks Sales Have Fallen Back To Earth After Years Of Explosive Growth – Here’s Why

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 3:00am

It’s almost the Fourth of July – a day of parades, barbecue and, of course, fireworks. But while parades and barbecues are still very popular, shockingly, this year fireworks are less so.

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Ready to Consider Business Ownership of Your Own?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 2:00am

Essentially, there are two main entrepreneurial pipelines – those who’ve always dreamed of owning their own business and those who eventually consider a career transition. At the same time, there are three ways to launch a business of your own. You can start from scratch (provided your idea is good enough), buy an existing business, or consider franchising your way to an entrepreneurial life.

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How Omaha Struck Out On Landing The College Baseball Hall Of Fame

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 7:00am

Justin Queal’s mural off on the northwest corner of 17th and Cuming streets celebrating Omaha’s baseball culture. The city has hosted the College World Series since 1950.
(Joseph Saaid / Flatwater Free Press)

The banquet tables at the downtown Omaha Marriott appeared to be set for more than just the grandiose offseason college baseball celebration. The ritzy event felt like an appetizer, a possible precursor to becoming the permanent home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The State Of The Race

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 6:00am

The convictions should have made a difference. But did they?

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Beneath Offshore Wind Turbines, Researchers Grow Seafood And Seaweed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 5:00am

KRIEGERS FLAK OFFSHORE WIND FARM, Denmark (AP) — In a small boat bobbing in the waves between towering offshore wind turbines, researchers in Europe’s Baltic Sea reach into the frigid water and remove long lines stretched between the pylons onto which mussels and seaweed are growing.

It’s part of efforts to explore multiple uses for remote wind parks far out at sea, such as fresh seafood production.

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Lawsuit Could Challenge Trust In Ozempic And Other Popular Weight Loss Drugs

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 4:00am

The manufacturers of the most popular weight loss drugs are being challenged in court.

A federal court in Philadelphia will soon evaluate claims against the makers of Ozempic, Wegovy and similar products.

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Newly Named Washington Post Editor Decides Not To Take Job After Backlash, Will Stay In Britain

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Friday that newly named editor Robert Winnett has decided not to take the job and remain in Britain instead, another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganization plan has gone disastrously wrong.