Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/20/2024 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — Backers of turning Nebraska Crossing into a major, regional destination for tourism, shopping and youth sports enlisted help last Wednesday from a major state celebrity.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Mayors and county boards from Nebraska’s most populous cities and counties are urging the state to ensure that any new cap on spending growth leaves room for growing communities and inflationary costs.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 3:00am
Men’s employment in the U.S. reached a 20-year high in 2023, with nearly 90% of men ages 25 to 54 in the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This supports the broad expectation – some might say stereotype – that full-time employment is the norm for American men.
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.