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There’s No Evidence Work Requirements For Medicaid Recipients Will Boost Employment, But They Are A Key Piece Of Republican Spending Bill

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are sparring over their version of the multitrillion-dollar budget and immigration bill the House of Representatives passed on May 22, 2025.

Some GOP senators are insisting on shrinking the budget deficit, which the House version would increase by about US$3.8 trillion over a decade.

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Bill Weakening Nebraska Paid Sick Leave Passes, But Dems Stall Effort To Slow Minimum Wage Growth

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraska Democrats and one Republican in the officially nonpartisan Legislature on Wednesday blocked merging a proposal that would have slowed the state’s voter-approved minimum wage increases with a bill set to weaken voter-passed paid sick leave protections.

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What Babies Need From Congress Right Now

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am

What Babies Need from Congress Right Now

Boteach: Babies can’t speak for themselves, so families and early childhood advocates are demanding that Congress to invest in our youngest kids.

By Melissa Boteach

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More Colorado Workplaces Are Becoming Safe Places For Employees In Recovery

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am

Cliff and Cara Blauvelt, owners of Odie B’s sandwich shops in Denver, have created a recovery-friendly workplace thanks in part to a program from the Colorado School of Public Health.
(Courtesy of BehindTheApronMedia)

At Odie B’s, a sandwich shop in Denver, recovery from drug and alcohol use is part of daily operations.

“Seventy percent of our staff is active in recovery,” Cliff Blauvelt, co-owner of Odie B’s, said in a video testimonial. “We try to provide a safe space where people can feel comfortable.”

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Flatwater Explains: Where Does Nebraska’s Corn Go?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am

If you’re a Nebraskan who didn’t grow up on a farm, you may think that the corn grown in the state is the same corn you buy on the cob or that’s found in a can at your local supermarket.

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The SBH Review: Cattle Call Has Those Dumplings — And Much More

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:00am

Crispy-skinned striped sea bass is served over a coconut ginger sauce and roasted radishes and potatoes finished with bean sprouts and a Sichuan peppercorn oil.
(Sarah Baker Hansen / Flatwater Free Press)

Cattle Call Restaurant & Bar

cattlecallomaha.com

300 S. 16th St., Omaha, NE

402-594-6004

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Branding With Backbone: Why Values-Driven Companies Win In A Polarized Market

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:00am

Let’s be real. Today’s consumers can smell inauthenticity from a mile away. The other words I’d use to describe “inauthenticity?” Fake. Phony.

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Stop Making Cents: US Mint Moves Forward With Plans To Kill The Penny

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn't make sense anymore.

The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. This move comes as the cost of making pennies has increased markedly, by upward of 20% in 2024, according to the Treasury.

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A 700% APR Lending Business Tied To Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing An Alaska Tribe

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:00am

A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, and Megan O’Matz and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica

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Right At Home Impacts International In-Home Senior Care Over 30 Years

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:00am

A panel of longtime franchise owners discuss their successes and the challenges facing the in-home senior care industry during Right at Home’s annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

When Allen Hager developed his concept for providing in-home care for seniors, he had no idea it would become a billion dollar enterprise 30 years later.