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Global Wildlife Trade Is An Enormous Market – The US Imports Billions Of Animals From Nearly 30,000 Species

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 02/04/2025 - 3:00am

Macaques, used in medical research, are the most-traded primates globally, according to an analysis of U.S. Fish and Wildlife data.
(Davidvraju / The Conversation)

When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off countries. Yet most wildlife trade is actually legal, and the United States is one of the world’s biggest wildlife importers.

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State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 02/04/2025 - 2:00am

LINCOLN — The largest labor union representing state government employees has voted to accept a contract with the state that includes pay raises of between 6.5% and up to 19% over a two-year period.

Another step in the right direction is a negotiated benefit that allows six weeks of paid maternity leave, up from none before, said Justin Hubly, executive director of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees.

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State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 02/04/2025 - 2:00am

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State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

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All Nebraska Teachers Would Receive Retention Bonus Under Legislative Proposal

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 7:00am

Brian Maher, Nebraska's education commissioner, reads a book to a group of mostly 3-year-olds as he and others launch a statewide project to boost reading skills of pre-kindergarteners on Oct. 30, 2023.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — All Nebraska teachers could receive an annual bonus under a proposed expansion of an existing grant program to recruit and retain teachers through 2028.

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Nebraska Needs Immigrants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 6:00am

Nebraska emerged from the pandemic in 2022 with the worst workforce shortage in the U.S.

Businesses and governments statewide had more than 80,000 job openings and only 32 people looking for work for every 100 of those openings, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Workplaces Need To ‘Man Up’ − Here’s Why That’s Bad For All Employees, No Matter Their Gender

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 5:00am

Mark Zuckerberg watches a bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa during their middleweight bout at the UFC 298 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif.
(Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo)

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Jan. 10, 2025, episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” he lamented that corporate culture had become too “feminine,” suppressing its “masculine energy” and abandoning supposedly valuable traits such as aggression.

The workplace, he concluded, has been “neutered.”

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Nebraska Companies, Strapped For Workers, Face ‘Mild Concern To Abject Terror’ As Immigration Crackdown Begins

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 4:00am

Roman Dimaksyan (left) teaches employee Rob Haidarali how to restore a chair in the shop at RabFak Construction on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Omaha. Dimaksyan prides himself on training employees, many of whom are immigrants, but then says he needs replacements when they grow skills and confidence and start their own businesses.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Flatwater Free Press)

Roman Dimaksyan often gets phone calls from people looking for work. It hurts his construction company, and bothers him, when he has to turn them down.

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Purdue Pharma And Owners To Pay $7.4 Billion In Settlement Of Lawsuits Over The Toll Of Oxycontin

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 3:00am

The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn.
(Douglas Healey / AP Photo)

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday.

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Minimum Wage Increasing In Nearly Half Of States, Including Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/21/2025 - 5:00am

The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour.

In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Nebraska, Alaska and Missouri, chose in November to significantly increase their minimum wages this year.

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Global Wildlife Trade Is An Enormous Market – The US Imports Billions Of Animals From Nearly 30,000 Species

State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

State’s Largest Union Accepts Labor Contract Aimed At Luring ‘New Generation’ Of Public Servants

All Nebraska Teachers Would Receive Retention Bonus Under Legislative Proposal

Nebraska Needs Immigrants

Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Workplaces Need To ‘Man Up’ − Here’s Why That’s Bad For All Employees, No Matter Their Gender

Nebraska Companies, Strapped For Workers, Face ‘Mild Concern To Abject Terror’ As Immigration Crackdown Begins

Purdue Pharma And Owners To Pay $7.4 Billion In Settlement Of Lawsuits Over The Toll Of Oxycontin

Minimum Wage Increasing In Nearly Half Of States, Including Nebraska

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