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America….is

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 6:00am

America is… what? Beyond a country that people reside in - what has she become? If she had a face, would it be the Statue of Liberty? And if so and she spoke, would it be the voice of Emma Lazarus?

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

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3D Printed And Factory-Built Homes Could Help Tackle Housing Crisis

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 4:00am

Modular homes built by Fading West are seen in Buena Vista, Colo., on Feb. 19, 2025.
(Thomas Peipert / AP Photo)

DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls.

It's a response to the country's shortfall of millions of homes that has led to skyrocketing prices, plunging millions into poverty.

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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

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Immigrants Help Push Omaha Metro Past 1M Population Mark As More Nebraska Counties Grow

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

(Courtesy of UNO Center for Public Affairs Research)

OMAHA — The Omaha metro area of eight counties has surpassed the million-person mark, another record-setter that follows an earlier Census report that Nebraska’s statewide population topped 2 million.

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DOGE, Without Warning, Cancels Leases On Buildings Across Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

The visitor center for the Niobrara National Scenic River in Valentine is among more than two dozen National Park Service offices on the Department of Government Efficiency’s list of lease terminations.
(Courtesy photo)

For more than 15 years, the brick building in south Lincoln has served as a local hub for the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a place where farmers meet face-to-face with federal workers overseeing complex conservation projects on their land.

But last month, a new force in federal government plunged the service center’s future into uncertainty.

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$45M Apartment Project To Rise On Omaha Streetcar Route, Seek TIF

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/20/2025 - 12:00am

A rendering of GreenSlate Development’s next project in midtown Omaha’s Blackstone District, which expects an investment of $45 million and feature 180 units. Developers plan to ask for tax-increment financing. The project is along the city’s planned streetcar route. Both the streetcar and TIF have been issues in the Omaha mayoral race.
(Courtesy of APMA)

OMAHA — A $45 million privately-owned apartment complex is expected to rise on an old TV station site west of downtown Omaha and be boosted by the public incentive called tax-increment financing.

GreenSlate Development, joined by Mayor Jean Stothert, announced its next venture during a Wednesday news conference in the Blackstone District, where the project is to be completed by spring of 2027.

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Real Estate News

America….is

3D Printed And Factory-Built Homes Could Help Tackle Housing Crisis

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

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

With March Madness Underway, It's Game Time For Newly Opened Women's-Sports Bars Across The US

Bill Moves Forward, But With Resistance, To Expand Boundaries For North Omaha Business Park

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

Immigrants Help Push Omaha Metro Past 1M Population Mark As More Nebraska Counties Grow

DOGE, Without Warning, Cancels Leases On Buildings Across Nebraska

$45M Apartment Project To Rise On Omaha Streetcar Route, Seek TIF

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