Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new IRS inspector general report said the nation's tax collection agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite having background reports that were returned as "not favorable."
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:11pm
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden highlighted the differences between his economic policies and those of the last Republican administration during a trip to a Wisconsin brewery on Thursday, the same day new data showed the U.S. economy grew by 3.1% last year.
Biden, who appears likely to face former President Donald Trump in the November elections, detailed legislation enacted during the past three years, including investments in roads and bridges, rural broadband, semiconductor chip manufacturing and climate change.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:09pm
This is the year you can finally buy a car on Amazon. Well, one kind. Eventually.
On Nov. 16, 2023, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Amazon and Hyundai made a big announcement: Starting sometime in 2024, a new pilot program would let shoppers not only browse Hyundai cars on Amazon.com but pay for them, too.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:03pm
OMAHA — A new 7,000-seat Union Omaha soccer stadium is the centerpiece of a planned $300 million housing and entertainment district announced Thursday for the downtown riverfront area of Nebraska’s largest city.
The outdoor stadium is to be home to the state’s first and only professional soccer club, which has been sharing Sarpy County’s Werner Park with a minor league baseball team.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 01/31/2024 - 2:56pm
LINCOLN — Resentment ramped up Thursday from two lawmakers who believe that state officials have “disrespected” and “lied” to their North Omaha constituents about economic development projects.
State Sens. Justin Wayne and Terrell McKinney led a filibuster of nearly 50 minutes, delaying Gov. Jim Pillen’s “State of the State” address and detailing reasons for their frustration.
Much of the talk centered around millions of dollars in public funding for North Omaha that Wayne and McKinney helped secure through legislation.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 01/31/2024 - 2:45pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill last Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 01/31/2024 - 2:42pm
Expanded access to the child tax credit could be on the horizon for the country’s lowest-income families through a new bipartisan deal announced Tuesday.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 3:00am
If you’ve ever reached for a bottle of moisturizer labeled “patented” or “FDA approved,” you might want to think twice. In a recent study of hundreds of advertisements, I found that supplements and beauty products often misleadingly use these terms to suggest safety or efficacy.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Tue, 01/16/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall U.S. inflation in December, a sign that the Federal Reserve's drive to slow inflation to its 2% target will likely remain a bumpy one.
Last Thursday's report from the Labor Department showed that overall prices rose 0.3% from November and 3.4% from 12 months earlier. Those gains exceeded the previous 0.1% monthly rise and the 3.1% annual inflation in November and were slightly above economists' forecasts.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Tue, 01/16/2024 - 5:00am
Pay hikes over the past four years have lifted the wages of people who work in hospitality — the nation’s lowest-paid industry — nearly 30% on average, reversing much of the wage inequality that has been growing for decades in the United States.
In 40 states, even those that haven’t raised their minimum wage beyond the $7.25 federal floor, the recent pay jumps outpaced those of earners in each state’s highest-paying industry, usually energy, technology or the federal government.