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From The Ashes Of A Fire-Damaged Mortuary Rises A South Omaha Workforce Development Facility

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/21/2024 - 7:00am

The new South Omaha site for Heartland Workforce Solutions at 4425 S. 24th Street. The $3.2 million renovation project transformed a fire-damaged, condemned funeral parlor into the workforce development, one-stop shop that also will contain a coffee shop. The nonprofit Canopy South is landlord and developer, tapping mostly philanthropic funds for the renovation. HWS used American Rescue Plan Act grant funds to cover its costs to open in the facility.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — Four years after a fire ended its run as a funeral home, a South Omaha building has been resurrected as a one-stop service hub for area residents ready to improve their careers and find jobs.

The structure will come alive Monday as the anchor tenant, Heartland Workforce Solutions, celebrates with a ribbon cutting and open house.

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The Matt Gaetz Test

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:00am

Are you shocked? Matt Gaetz as attorney general. A man with virtually no experience as anything other than an election denier, a Jan. 6 troublemaker who called the rioters "patriotic Americans," a man who was within days of a withering report from the House Ethics Committee on everything from underage sex to misuse of campaign funds, this is the man who Donald Trump wants to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.

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Robo Price-Fixing: Why The Justice Department Is Suing A Software Company To Stop Landlords Colluding On Rents

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/21/2024 - 5:00am

Of all the reasons it could be hard to pay rent each month, did you have an algorithm-powered illegal cartel on your list?

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Affordable Housing Concerns Sparked By Omaha’s Electrical Code Update

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/21/2024 - 4:00am

Nick Dolphens, vice president of The Home Company and builders council chair at Metro Omaha Builders Association.
(Courtesy of The Home Company)

OMAHA — An effort to update the City of Omaha’s electrical code, typically not a huge headline-maker, has sparked a bit of fireworks and divided the lawmaking body of Nebraska’s largest city.

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Downtown Omaha, Primed For Growth, Recovering Quicker Than Peers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 7:00am

The renovated Gene Leahy Mall has helped draw visitors downtown. The mall and two other downtown parks, known as the Riverfront, have attracted roughly 3 million people since July 2022.
(Abiola Kosoko / Flatwater Free Press)

OMAHA — When Mary-Beth and Bruce Muskin moved to downtown Omaha 12 years ago, they found a quieter neighborhood primarily inhabited by singles and older residents. That is not the case today, they said.

“You’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth as far as building, the amount of people that are living downtown, even some young families,” Bruce Muskin said.

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Remembering Democracy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 6:00am

Someday, someone's going to have to remember.

If it's not too many years, it might not be that hard to remember, but if it's longer, it's going to be harder.

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Nebraska Cities Make Key Strides In Pursuit Of Activating ‘Good Life Districts’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 5:00am

A vision of the Good Life District that would include and surround Nebraska Crossing centered at Interstate 80 and Highway 31. In the background are residential towers that could rise at the site along with a billion-dollar youth sports complex.
(Courtesy of Nebraska Crossing)

GRETNA — The pursuit of the “good life” in Nebraska made a few key strides this week — as measured by progress toward building Good Life Districts aimed at luring new tourism, retailers and other pizzazz to the state.

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Biden Funded New Factories And Infrastructure Projects, But Trump Might Get To Cut The Ribbons

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 4:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — All that's left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants.

Trump won the White House in large part because of voters' frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth.

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Disaster Survivors Want To Rebuild Safer, More Sustainable Homes, But Cost Misperceptions Often Stand In The Way

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 3:00am

Construction has been slow in Lahaina, Hawaii, where most of the town burned in a wildfire in 2023. This property, shown in July 2024, was one of the first where rebuilding could begin because the home had been under construction before the fire and still had open permits.
(Mengshin Lin / AP Photo)

As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs and trauma in future storms?

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The General Store That Cultivated a Community One Friday at a Time

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 7:00am

LANSING, North Carolina -- Nestled in the rolling farmland in Ashe County is a tidy white-clad building whose wistful charm beckons you to stop. It’s the kind of place you may only spot if you set your navigation app to avoid highways. And even if you’re trying to make good time down Silas Creek Road, you will find it impossible not to stop here.