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Union Pacific seeks to form America's first transcontinental railroad in $85 billion deal
Union Pacific seeks to form America's first transcontinental railroad in $85 billion deal
Union Pacific has signed an agreement to buy Norfolk Southern and become America’s first transcontinental railroad, according to a post on the railroad's website Tuesday by U.P. CEO Jim Vena.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Union Pacific seeks to form America's first transcontinental railroad in $85 billion deal
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The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
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A new Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a planned 31-acre, approximately $200 million mixed-use project now under development in Gretna.
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Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a $200 million mixed-use project in Gretna
A new Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a planned 31-acre, approximately $200 million mixed-use project now under development in Gretna.
omaha.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A new Nebraska Medicine health center will anchor a planned 31-acre, approximately $200 million mixed-use project now under development in Gretna.
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Clarkson College broke ground Monday on $10 million in improvements to its campus at 42nd and Dodge Streets.
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Clarkson College breaks ground on $10 million in campus improvements
Clarkson College broke ground Monday on $10 million in improvements to its campus at 42nd and Dodge Streets.
omaha.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Clarkson College broke ground Monday on $10 million in improvements to its campus at 42nd and Dodge Streets.
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#BREAKING: Nebraska health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first confirmed measles case of the year in the Panhandle's Sheridan County.
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First measles case reported in Nebraska. Here's what we know so far
Nebraska health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first confirmed measles case of the year in the Panhandle's Sheridan County.
omaha.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#BREAKING: Nebraska health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first confirmed measles case of the year in the Panhandle's Sheridan County.
From @julieowh.bsky.social: omaha.com/news/state-r...
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In early April, the Trump administration announced it will not finalize a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed an estimated 7.4 million people covered by Medicare and Medicaid to access GLP-1s for weight loss. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway. - KFF Health News
Late last year, South Carolina Medicaid approved a class of medications known as GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering these effective but expensive drugs. But acce...
kffhealthnews.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In early April, the Trump administration announced it will not finalize a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed an estimated 7.4 million people covered by Medicare and Medicaid to access GLP-1s for weight loss. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Watch: Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes election to John Ewing
Watch: Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes election to John Ewing
Watch as Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes the mayoral race to challenger John Ewing, plus more photo and video from the 2025 election.
omaha.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Watch: Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes election to John Ewing
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Mulhalls in Omaha is selling the first glow-in-the-dark petunia
Mulhalls in Omaha is selling the first glow-in-the-dark petunia
It’s an out-of-this-world plant with an equally impressive price tag. CEO Mick Mulhall said that as of Monday morning, Mulhalls Garden + Home is carrying the first light-emitting plant. It
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April 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Mulhalls in Omaha is selling the first glow-in-the-dark petunia
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Former independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Thursday he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible second Senate run in 2026.
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Nebraska's Dan Osborn to explore another run for U.S. Senate
Former independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Thursday he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible second Senate run in 2026.
omaha.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Former independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Thursday he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible second Senate run in 2026.
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Check out up-to-date results from the 2025 City of Omaha primary election.
Live results: 2025 City of Omaha primary elections
Check out up-to-date results from the 2025 City of Omaha primary election.
omaha.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Check out up-to-date results from the 2025 City of Omaha primary election.
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Term limits are unpopular within the Nebraska Legislature.
The question is, can lawmakers convince voters to get behind extending them?
#Nebraska #neleg
Erin Bamer has the story:
The question is, can lawmakers convince voters to get behind extending them?
#Nebraska #neleg
Erin Bamer has the story:
Nebraksa senators are limited to 2 terms. Lawmakers may ask voters to extend that to 3
Term limits are unpopular within the Nebraska Legislature. The question is, can lawmakers convince voters to get behind extending them?
omaha.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
www.statnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
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A woman in Wyoming has been hospitalized with #H5N1 #birdflu, WY's health dept announced Friday. Likely exposure was to backyard poultry. Wyoming said #CDC confirmed the infection, though CDC did not add it to its H5 page today. Not clear if this is B3.13 or D1.1. health.wyo.gov/wyomings-fir...
Wyoming’s First Human Bird Flu Case Confirmed - Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The woman represents the third confirmed...
health.wyo.gov
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A woman in Wyoming has been hospitalized with #H5N1 #birdflu, WY's health dept announced Friday. Likely exposure was to backyard poultry. Wyoming said #CDC confirmed the infection, though CDC did not add it to its H5 page today. Not clear if this is B3.13 or D1.1. health.wyo.gov/wyomings-fir...
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#USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
February 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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Arrest in Omaha cold case: Man linked to 1979 killing of 7-year-old boy and mother
Arrest in Omaha cold case: Man linked to 1979 killing of 7-year-old boy and mother
A man has been arrested by the Omaha Police Department for the 1979 slayings of a 26-year-old Omaha woman and her 7-year-old son.
omaha.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Arrest in Omaha cold case: Man linked to 1979 killing of 7-year-old boy and mother
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Breaking: A federal judge told U.S. health agencies to restore deleted and modified health web sites, pages and data sets.
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Government Health Pages
Doctors had sued over the removal and modification of data in response to order to scrub references to “gender ideology.”
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Breaking: A federal judge told U.S. health agencies to restore deleted and modified health web sites, pages and data sets.
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A Lincoln man went to court on a misdemeanor charge. He wound up in ICE custody.
A Lincoln man went to court on a misdemeanor charge. He wound up in ICE custody.
Now, the man's wife, who is 6 months pregnant, is on her own with their child, while the family's breadwinner sits in a jail cell in Council Bluffs.
omaha.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A Lincoln man went to court on a misdemeanor charge. He wound up in ICE custody.
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Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
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The University of Nebraska would have to absorb more than $27 million in costs if a change the National Institutes of Health announced limiting indirect costs on all grants remains in place, university officials said.
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University of Nebraska warns that NIH's new 15% cap on indirect costs would cut into research
The University of Nebraska would have to absorb more than $27 million in costs if a change the National Institutes of Health announced limiting indirect costs on all grants remains
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February 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The University of Nebraska would have to absorb more than $27 million in costs if a change the National Institutes of Health announced limiting indirect costs on all grants remains in place, university officials said.
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SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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NEW: Health agencies are being told to rank thousands of workers as fears of layoffs grow
CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today
Similar efforts underway across HHS
Cuts expected
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CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today
Similar efforts underway across HHS
Cuts expected
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Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as many as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NEW: Health agencies are being told to rank thousands of workers as fears of layoffs grow
CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today
Similar efforts underway across HHS
Cuts expected
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CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today
Similar efforts underway across HHS
Cuts expected
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Dunkin locations across Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, are reporting they are out of donuts and could be for weeks.
#OmahaDines
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Dunkin locations in Omaha and Nebraska report running out of doughnuts
Dunkin locations across Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, are reporting they are out of donuts and could be for weeks.
omaha.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dunkin locations across Nebraska, including the Omaha metro area, are reporting they are out of donuts and could be for weeks.
#OmahaDines
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#ICYMI: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called to update labels on alcoholic drinks warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk.
KFF analysis shows the national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in 10 years, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022.
KFF analysis shows the national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in 10 years, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022.
January 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#ICYMI: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called to update labels on alcoholic drinks warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk.
KFF analysis shows the national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in 10 years, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022.
KFF analysis shows the national alcohol death rate has risen 70% in 10 years, accounting for 51,191 deaths in 2022.
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Jimmy Carter’s visits to Nebraska, a state that went against him twice, were inspirational. He held no grudges only boundless hope for all.
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Jimmy Carter, 100, gained Nebraska admirers during and after his presidency
“He was always kind, hard-working and thoughtful.” Former president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, never enjoyed much electoral success in Nebraska, but local people who knew him appreciated his perso...
omaha.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Jimmy Carter’s visits to Nebraska, a state that went against him twice, were inspirational. He held no grudges only boundless hope for all.
omaha.com/news/local/j...
omaha.com/news/local/j...