Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska immigrants.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:00am
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their parents today than a decade ago. That’s a 6.3% jump, more than double the rate of growth for the young adult population overall.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:00am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida's open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump's future presidential library.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:00am
Glacier National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown, which a former superintendent said could lead to trash pileup, a lack of communication for visitors and limited emergency response operations.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am
MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland's thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn't know where he and others like him will sell their crop because China has stopped buying.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — After more than two years of study and often controversial neighborhood meetings, developers of a planned North Omaha area business park fueled by a $90 million state grant have announced a major pivot: No longer will they pursue the purchase of residential properties to make way for the project.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00am
Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for US$435,000 in June – President Donald Trump said that he was considering a plan to make home sales tax-free.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — A roughly $300 million donor-funded plan is poised to reshape a 12-block recreational and athletic corridor on the east side of Creighton University — further meshing the private institution into the downtown of Nebraska’s largest city.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00am
Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and respond to changes within a farm field in real time. This includes using artificial intelligence technologies for tasks such as helping farmers apply pesticides only where and when they are needed.
However, precision agriculture has not been widely implemented in many rural areas of the United States.