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Mortgage Company Rocket Buying Mr. Cooper In All-Stock Deal Valued At $9.4 Billion

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 12:00am

The mortgage company Rocket is buying competitor Mr. Cooper in an all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion, just weeks after acquiring real estate listing company Redfin.

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Bellevue Water Park Start Marks First New Major Tourism Build In A Nebraska ‘Good Life’ District

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 7:00am

Dirt is moving at the site of future Bellevue Bay Indoor Water Park at Highways 75 and 34. The groundbreaking event Thursday marks the first new major tourism construction project at a Nebraska good life district, officials say.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

BELLEVUE, Nebraska — Construction officially kicked off Thursday on what Bellevue called the “crown jewel” of its state-approved good life district, despite uncertainty still swirling around a proposed revamp of the law governing such districts.

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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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