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‘We Deserve Nice Things’: Highlander Thrives On Site Of Onetime North Omaha Housing Project

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:00am

The Highlander Accelerator building near 30th Street and Patrick Avenue is seen among the greater Highlander development on March 10.
(Naomi Delkamiller / Flatwater Free Press)

A cool morning breeze floated through the serene, green middle of the Highlander development in the heart of North Omaha, and on that breeze wafted the gentle exhortations of a yoga teacher.

“Inhale, breathe in,” the teacher, Lindsay Decker, urged 15 people stretching toward the sky on the deck of a community gathering space. “Exhale, let it go.”

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The Corruption Of Lawfulness

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:00am

If the members of a society are fully ‘good’, then there is no need for law.

It is a simple, if humanly unobtainable premise; however, unreachable, it will serve as general groundwork for this essay, which is to say in part that eventually all (current) systems and models of “law” will eventually degenerate.

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Positive Direction, No Finger Pointing Sought In Reopening Of Nebraska’s Underground Railroad Site

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:00am

The interior of the Mayhew Cabin has furnishings from the era of settlement in Nebraska.
(Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)

NEBRASKA CITY, Nebraska – After nearly a decade of neglect and finger pointing, peace and plans for a positive future are breaking out at one of Nebraska’s leading historical attractions.

Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave has been closed since 2019 after flooding damaged one of Nebraska’s two Underground Railroad sites on the National Park Service’s “Network to Freedom.”

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Immigration Enforcement Hits Housing Security In Nebraska And More With Economic Impact

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:00am

As federal immigration officers made more “at-large” arrests in communities across the country in the first year of the current Trump administration — including at homes, places of worship and workplaces — more than 1,100 Nebraska families developed family safety plans in the event a parent or breadwinner faced detention or deportation.

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Construction Work Starts At Southeast Nebraska Rare Minerals Mine, Adrian Smith Helps Dig In

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00am

U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., operates a 117-ton excavator that will carve out the entrance, or portal to NioCorp’s long-discussed underground mine in southeast Nebraska. It’s the official start of site work at the Colorado-based company’s Elk Creek mine project.
(Courtesy of NioCorp)

LINCOLN — Early construction work has launched on a long-awaited “critical minerals” mine in southeast Nebraska, with state and local officials starting the digging during a recent briefing at the project site.

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OPINION: Nebraska’s Next Economic Advantage: Smarter Regulation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00am

When Americans decide where to live, they rarely talk about regulation. They talk about jobs, taxes, affordability, opportunity and whether a place feels open to building a future.

Yet behind each of those considerations lies a quieter force shaping daily life: the rules governing how work is done.

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15 Years After Fukushima Meltdown, An Innkeeper Makes Radiation Surveys To Revitalize Her Hometown

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00am

Tomoko Kobayashi looks at a color-coded map of radiation levels created by local residents during an interview near a radiation monitoring lab in Odaka, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
(Louise Delmotte / AP Photo)

ODAKA, Japan (AP) — Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in northeastern Fukushima.

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Measure Aimed At Nebraska ‘Housing Crisis’ Clears Legislative Hurdle

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00am

State Sen. Bob Hallstrom of Syracuse.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska policy-makers have talked “ad nauseam” about a statewide housing and worker shortage and the need to do something about it, State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln said Monday, echoing the sentiment of several colleagues.

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AI Is Spurring A Big Expansion Of High-Voltage Power Lines. Landowners And Locals Are Fighting Back

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00am

A 235-kilovolt power line towers over farm buildings near where the local power utility plans to build a 500-kilovolt power line on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa.
(Marc Levy / AP Photo)

SUGARLOAF, Pa. (AP) — For John Zola, the 40 acres were like a paradise: apple orchards tucked into northern Pennsylvania's rolling hills, a barn, meadows and more than enough land for four houses: one for himself and his wife and each of his three adult children.

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Is Omaha Getting ‘Snookered’ In Roughly Half-Billion-Dollar Infrastructure Project?

Published by admin on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 12:00am

OMAHA — One of Nebraska’s best-known construction companies has challenged the City of Omaha’s handling of one of the priciest city infrastructure investments ever.

Hawkins Construction Company, whose local roots harken back to the 1920s and building Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium, is fiercely critical of potentially excessive costs in the deal that they say are not because of “nefarious” city motives.

CEO Chris Hawkins sees it as a case of people who “likely fell asleep at the wheel.”

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