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With March Madness Underway, It's Game Time For Newly Opened Women's-Sports Bars Across The US

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 5:00am

The exterior of the new Title 9 sports grill at the grand opening Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Phoenix.
(Ross D. Franklin / AP Photo)

PHOENIX (AP) — When you walk into Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix's Melrose District, its mission to be a haven for watching women's sports permeates every nook and cranny. From the over dozen TVs mounted on pink and orange walls to the “Play Like a Girl!” neon sign against a giant image of retired WNBA star Diana Taurasi.

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Bill Moves Forward, But With Resistance, To Expand Boundaries For North Omaha Business Park

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — A bill aimed at enlarging the area where a long-awaited North Omaha business park could be developed advanced Tuesday to its final reading in the Nebraska Legislature.

However, Legislative Bill 290, introduced by State Sen. Terrell McKinney of North Omaha, faced continued resistance led by State Sen. Bob Andersen of Sarpy County.

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Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 3:00am

$Evacuees wade through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on a section of Interstate 610 in Houston. Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on Friday, May 21, 2021, after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane Harvey, would be getting a fraction of $1 billion that Texas is awarding as part of an initial distribution of federal funding given to the state for flood mitigation. (David J. Phillip / AP Photo)$

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

by Jesse Coburn

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$45M Apartment Project To Rise On Omaha Streetcar Route, Seek TIF

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

A rendering of GreenSlate Development’s next project in midtown Omaha’s Blackstone District, which expects an investment of $45 million and feature 180 units. Developers plan to ask for tax-increment financing. The project is along the city’s planned streetcar route. Both the streetcar and TIF have been issues in the Omaha mayoral race.
(Courtesy of APMA)

OMAHA — A $45 million privately-owned apartment complex is expected to rise on an old TV station site west of downtown Omaha and be boosted by the public incentive called tax-increment financing.

GreenSlate Development, joined by Mayor Jean Stothert, announced its next venture during a Wednesday news conference in the Blackstone District, where the project is to be completed by spring of 2027.

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The Hills To Die On

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

Other people could ascribe to me a political centrist label, and for ease of discussion, I call myself that too. At beaches (if I'm not building a sandcastle) I am one of those towel junkies that likes to sit back under an umbrella and mummer with whomever I am next to about unchecked children or chuckle over ridiculous bathing suits and drama.

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Tariffs On Lumber And Appliances Set Stage For Higher Costs On New Homes And Remodeling Projects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You'll be paying more to do so.

The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some already in place, others set to take effect in a few weeks — are already driving up the cost of building materials used in new residential construction and home remodeling projects.

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Immigrants Help Push Omaha Metro Past 1M Population Mark As More Nebraska Counties Grow

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

(Courtesy of UNO Center for Public Affairs Research)

OMAHA — The Omaha metro area of eight counties has surpassed the million-person mark, another record-setter that follows an earlier Census report that Nebraska’s statewide population topped 2 million.

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DOGE, Without Warning, Cancels Leases On Buildings Across Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

The visitor center for the Niobrara National Scenic River in Valentine is among more than two dozen National Park Service offices on the Department of Government Efficiency’s list of lease terminations.
(Courtesy photo)

For more than 15 years, the brick building in south Lincoln has served as a local hub for the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a place where farmers meet face-to-face with federal workers overseeing complex conservation projects on their land.

But last month, a new force in federal government plunged the service center’s future into uncertainty.

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Bill To Prevent Local Rent Controls In Nebraska Moves A Step Forward, With Certain Exceptions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 7:00am

The sponsor of legislation in Nebraska seeking to outlaw most local forms of rent control says he is trying to make sure investors want to build more new apartment buildings.
(Shutterstock)

LINCOLN — A measure that would prevent local governments from imposing rent controls on private property, with some exceptions, took a step forward in the Nebraska Legislature on Monday.

Legislative Bill 266, introduced by State Sen. Rob Dover of Norfolk, moved ahead on a 32-5 vote despite objections from a handful of Democratic lawmakers.

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Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives And Loosen Laws To Attract Power Plants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 5:00am

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services (front right) is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024.
(Ted Shaffrey / AP Photo)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity.

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