Since he made this unwise investment he has learned that he could have bought a similar stove at Conyers’ for $34.00, with a lot of extras included, but minus the freight. There may be some good arguments for patronizing catalogue houses—but there[...]
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On This Day | Mixed Morality
Down in Nebraska several months ago, a boy was sentenced to the reform school for swearing. That sentence has lately been confirmed by the supreme court. From this it may be inferred that swearing is illegal, although laws on the matter are[...]
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Trump keeps investing millions of government money in one essential industry (and it’s not AI chips)
If you run a company, you know who owns a piece of it. Your investors, your co-founders, maybe some early employees. But what about the federal government? A New York Times analysis finds the Trump administration has quietly poured more than $10[...]
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How Trump’s ‘crony capitalism’ has shaken up U.S. business
In the America most business leaders grew up in, you competed on products, prices, and ideas. The government set the rules; the market picked the winners. But something has shifted. This year, CEOs have lined up at Mar-a-Lago with gold plaques and[...]
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An AI tool built by local government, for local government
Before a county planner can write a single word of a staff report, they often spend hours just gathering the basics—old decisions, existing laws, planning documents buried in filing systems. It’s the kind of tedious groundwork that eats up days. In Washoe[...]
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New Omaha Chamber report urges state business incentives overhaul, ways to stem ‘brain drain’
OMAHA — Critical that Nebraska has “stepped back” from its award-winning focus on economic development, Omaha area business leaders have launched an offensive plan to regain a competitive edge. The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce today released a 24-page “Omaha Competes” report[...]
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Property taxes eliminated for 50,000 North Dakota households under new legislation
Roughly 50,000 North Dakota households will pay nothing in property taxes for the 2025 tax year, but some county officials are concerned about how limiting property taxes will affect their budgets. This year’s Primary Residence Credit program offers up to $1,600 per[...]
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Poll: A majority of North Dakotans are givers
Times are tight, and North Dakotans know it. Groceries cost more, gas costs more, and holiday budgets shrank this year. But when it comes to giving, most people in the state haven’t pulled back. A new poll finds nearly 8 in 10[...]
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NDDOT releases 2025 Name-A-Plow Contest winning names
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has selected the winners for the fifth annual Name-A-Plow contest, in which North Dakota citizens submitted snowplow name ideas. North Dakota citizens submitted more than 800 snowplow name ideas that were considered[...]
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On This Day | Before Vaccines? Quarintines
Officer Kimball was ordered to the home of Mr. McHenry in this city Saturday morning to quarantine the residence. Several members of the family have bad cases of small pox. There are quite a number of cases of small pox in the[...]
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On This Day | Before We Stared At Screens
Mark Nelson and a pugilist from Iowa named Kinney, gave a fifteen round sparring exhibition in the opera house, Friday night after the theater, a crowd of 200 attending. The spectators say they got their money’s worth, and the fighters did too.[...]
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On This Day | The Best Commuter
The dog, when he reaches the Grand Central station, bounds off the train and disappears in the crowd. In the evening he returns, and by watching for the Mount Vernon commuter, manages to find the train for that city. [...]Read More... from[...]
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On This Day | Starts for the Pole
The Gjoa is classed as being one of the strongest and best vessels of the arctic fleet. It has a crew of seven men, is fitted with an auxiliary petroleum engine, and is equipped for a four years’ stay in the arctic[...]
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126th Annual Christmas Bird Count Coming to Minot December 27th
The sun won’t be up yet when a small band of birders gathers at Prairie Sky Bread this Saturday morning, thermoses in hand, ready to spend the shortest days of the year doing something humans have done for 126 winters straight: counting[...]
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Is Social Media the New Big Tobacco?
For years, parents have trusted reassurances that social media companies were learning alongside them—setting guardrails, studying risks, trying to do better. This lawsuit challenges that narrative head-on. Court filings allege that major platforms knew their products were addictive for children, harmful to[...]
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Exploring a new city? Grab these 3 free, under-the-radar apps first
Headed somewhere new for the holidays? Whether you’re visiting family or stealing a few days in an unfamiliar city, how you move through that place matters. Atlas Obscura, Citymapper, and Roasters are three free, under-the-radar apps designed to help you skip the[...]