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Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent To Retire In May, At Mandatory Age Of 60

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Col. John Bolduc is set to retire as superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol on May 4, when he reaches the agency’s mandatory retirement age of 60.

Gov. Jim Pillen announced Bolduc’s retirement and an application process for his successor in a news release Tuesday.

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The Push To Restore Semiconductor Manufacturing Faces A Labor Crisis − Can The US Train Enough Workers In Time?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00am

Semiconductors power nearly every aspect of modern life – cars, smartphones, medical devices and even national defense systems. These tiny but essential components make the information age possible, whether they’re supporting lifesaving hospital equipment or facilitating the latest advances in artificial intelligence.

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Tariff Trouble? Nebraska Companies, Farmers Trapped In Middle Of Brewing Trade War

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 7:00am

A farmer works near sunset in a field in central Nebraska. The Trump administration enacted new tariffs on Mexico and Canada last week while upping them on China. Canada and China fired back with new tariffs, and China has targeted U.S. agriculture in its response.
(Lori Potter / Flatwater Free Press)

The livestock feed company is already feeling the squeeze.

Imogene Ingredients is Iowa-based, with customers across Nebraska. But the company is also global, importing ingredients to use in its feed products from around the world – including from China.

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Maybe DEI Isn’t The Bogeyman, Nebraska. Just Look At The Evidence

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 6:00am

The term “DEI” has become politicized and even evil in the minds of many, including President Donald Trump and many of his MAGA apostles, including some here in Nebraska.

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Hearing On Mandatory E-Verify For Nebraska Businesses Draws Mixed Responses

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 5:00am

Susan Gumm testifies in support of a measure by State Sen. Kathleen Kauth to mandate the use of E-Verify for businesses with more than 25 employees.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Testifiers on Monday were about split for and against a measure that would require some 6,350 Nebraska employers to use an online verifying system to weed out undocumented workers — or face suspension of their business license.

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Labor Groups Ring Alarms Over Proposed Changes To Nebraska Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Laws

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — Labor activists stood in the Capitol Rotunda during Thursday morning’s agenda and criticized a pair of legislative bills seeking to weaken voter-approved minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, which keep marching on in the Nebraska statehouse.

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Walgreens Agrees To Be Acquired By Private Equity Firm For Almost $10 Billion

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the struggling retailer looks to turn itself around after years of losing money.

Walgreens said Thursday that Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share, giving the deal an equity value just under $10 billion. Shareholders could eventually receive up to another $3 per share under certain conditions.

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Toys Are Expected To Cost More By Fall Due To New US Tariffs On Chinese Imports

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 2:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for holiday wish lists permeated the displays.

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Steak Town USA: Committee Chophouse Straddles Past, Future — And Mouth-Watering Present

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/04/2025 - 7:00am

A bone in ribeye and a loaded baked potato are standards of the dinner menu at the Committee Chophouse.
(Ryan Soderlin / Flatwater Free Press)

A Committee Chophouse chef can pinpoint the first moment when he sensed the restaurant he works for was an honest-to-goodness steakhouse.

It was the day that a few Nebraska ranchers arrived with their families, unannounced, for dinner. Then the ranchers’ friends started showing up, too, to this landmark spot inside the historic Cottonwood hotel.

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Breaking Out The Notebook Is Healthy Exercise

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 03/04/2025 - 6:00am

A thought experiment for your Nebraska sensibilities: Imagine you’re a reporter at a news conference held by Nebraska political leaders including our Congressional delegation in Washington, our 49 state senators and the governor — everyone we have elected to make decisions for us in this democratically infused type of government.