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American Parents Deserve Better Family-Friendly Policies

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00am

American Parents Deserve Better Family-Friendly Policies

Every family should have access to high-quality maternal health care, paid parental leave and affordable child care.

By Erica Phillips

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California Plan To Ban Most Plants Within 5 Feet Of Homes For Wildfire Safety Overlooks Some Important Truths About Flammability

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00am

Photos after the Los Angeles fires in January 2025 show many yards where vegetation didn’t burn while neighboring houses did.
(Chris Pizzello / AP Photo)

One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the wreckage of burned neighborhoods.

In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a surviving house from one that burned just a few feet away.

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Old Omaha Potato Chip Factory Produces Paintings, Pottery, Art Pieces

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An inaugural group exhibition and open house wraps up May 31. It’s open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 2200 S. 24th St. in Omaha.
(Courtesy of Ilaamen Pelshaw)

OMAHA — Once one of the world’s largest potato chip factories, an Omaha plant that most recently was used to store truck tires has found its creative self.

The old Kitty Clover building, as locals know it, has undergone a multimillion dollar renovation on its 3.5-acre site south of downtown. And a chunk of the 85,000-square-foot facility has been transformed into a co-working hub for artists.

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Ideas Flow At Public Meeting For New North Omaha Innovation District Fueled By $30M State Grant

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 12:00am

Dozens of people offered thoughts during a Wednesday public meeting about what the new innovation district in North Omaha should look like.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — Could North Omaha create its own version of Kansas City’s Keystone Innovation District? Or Indianapolis’ 16 Tech, or the RICE innovation hub in Atlanta, which focuses on building Black businesses?

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A Holiday Remembrance Of Home

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 12:00am

Science informs us that our sense of smell can evoke vivid memories. The phenomenon is sometimes known as the “Proust Effect,” for a scene from Marcel Proust’s novel “Remembrance of Things Past,” when a character’s childhood memories come flooding back, triggered by the scent of a sweet cake called a madeleine.

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This Program Helps 6 Million Families Pay Their Energy Bills. Here’s What’s At Risk If It’s Cut.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 12:00am

Todd Alexander poses at his mobile home in Milton, Vt., that he heats with the help of the Low Income Heating Home Energy Assistance Program. Alexander, who is disabled and living on disability, said the assistance has helped him meet his energy needs and still have money left over to live.
(Wilson Ring / AP Photo)

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Could A Bold Anti-Poverty Experiment From The 1960s Inspire A New Era In Housing Justice?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 12:00am

In cities across the U.S., the housing crisis has reached a breaking point. Rents are skyrocketing, homelessness is rising and working-class neighborhoods are threatened by displacement.

These challenges might feel unprecedented. But they echo a moment more than half a century ago.

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Nebraska Public Power District Bought Land For $5 Million — From NPPD Executives

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am

Nebraska Public Power District's Sheldon Power Station near Hallam. NPPD purchased a nearby tract of land from two executives earlier this year for $5 million, around five times the land’s assessed value.
(Eric Gregory / Flatwater Free Press)

Early this year, the Nebraska Public Power District paid $5 million for a piece of rural Lancaster County land.

The price tag — around five times the land’s assessed value — is eyebrow raising on its own.

Even more surprising is who sold the land to NPPD: two NPPD executives.

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‘WanderNebraska’ Expands To Promote More Than 200 Museums, Tourist Attractions And Sites Of Interest

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am

A map showing the different sections available for tours in Nebraska through WanderNebraska.
(Courtesy of nshsf.com)

LINCOLN — A Nebraska charitable foundation is stepping up to promote lesser-known museums and historical sites in the state.

“WanderNebraska,” a project of the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, is promoting visits to 213 museums, libraries and notable attractions this year via brochures, billboards, bus tours and prizes for visiting.

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Believe It Or Not, There Was A Time When The US Government Built Beautiful Homes For Working-Class Americans To Deal With A Housing Crisis

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am

Milton Hill, a neighborhood designed and developed by the United States Housing Corporation in Alton, Ilinois.
(MIT National Archives)

In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. government embarked on a radical experiment: It quietly became the nation’s largest housing developer, designing and constructing more than 80 new communities across 26 states in just two years.

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American Parents Deserve Better Family-Friendly Policies

American Parents Deserve Better Family-Friendly Policies

Every family should have access to high-quality maternal health care, paid parental leave and affordable child care.

California Plan To Ban Most Plants Within 5 Feet Of Homes For Wildfire Safety Overlooks Some Important Truths About Flammability

Old Omaha Potato Chip Factory Produces Paintings, Pottery, Art Pieces

Ideas Flow At Public Meeting For New North Omaha Innovation District Fueled By $30M State Grant

A Holiday Remembrance Of Home

This Program Helps 6 Million Families Pay Their Energy Bills. Here’s What’s At Risk If It’s Cut.

Could A Bold Anti-Poverty Experiment From The 1960s Inspire A New Era In Housing Justice?

Nebraska Public Power District Bought Land For $5 Million — From NPPD Executives

‘WanderNebraska’ Expands To Promote More Than 200 Museums, Tourist Attractions And Sites Of Interest

Believe It Or Not, There Was A Time When The US Government Built Beautiful Homes For Working-Class Americans To Deal With A Housing Crisis

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