Nebraska
Brett Maher bought Nebraska home while in talks to sign with Dallas Cowboys
Perhaps Brett Maher may foresee a not-so-long future with the Dallas Cowboys.
The embattled 33-year-old kicker, who failed 4 completely different occasions to attain further factors for the workforce in Monday’s playoff sport in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, bought a roughly 3,800-square-foot house in Nebraska two months earlier than formally signing on with the Texas workforce.
On June 1, 2022, Maher purchased a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Lincoln for $670,000, information obtained by The Publish present.
In what’s now his third stint with the workforce, Maher signed on to play for the Cowboys on Aug. 9, 2022, in a one-year contract for $965,000.
Maher’s soccer journey has not been a secure one. The Nebraska native has sporadically jumped from workforce to workforce all through his profession, taking part in for 10 completely different groups since 2013, together with some years for the Canadian Soccer League.
His newly bought house is a Stucco ranch construct — and encompasses a personal workplace, a exercise room and a secluded second-floor loft.
Excessive-end options embody plantation shutters, electrical shades on the deck and even a basketball courtroom, the earlier itemizing notes.
There are additionally recreation room and moist bar areas.
Marsha Artz and Daria Springer with HOME Actual Property held the itemizing.
As for Maher’s future in Dallas, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones needs to take issues someday at a time.
Talking Tuesday on 105.3 “The Fan,” Jones stated the Cowboys will “learn this factor because the week goes alongside.”
“Effectively, I feel the very first thing you do is speak about how isn’t it nice to have that the primary factor we have to right or the primary factor we have to handle. I feel that reveals every part about not solely how we performed, however the place we’re with this workforce proper now,” Jones stated, in accordance with Mark Lane of The Texans Wire.
“Make no mistake about it we obtained to have the identical week of preparation. Now, over to our kicker. This can be a basic case of what he’s achieved for this workforce and achieved on the sphere all yr, not simply final evening. And, so, however kicking is a technical factor. It has every part to do with the — simply frankly mentally having all of it collectively once you step up there. And, so, we’ll learn this factor because the week goes alongside. I don’t wish to get out over skis and get forward of it.”
Nebraska
Sidney graduate Karsyn Leeling earns Gatorade Nebraska Girls Track and Field Player of the Year
SIDNEY, Neb. (KNOP) – Karsyn Leeling was named 2023-2024 Gatorade Nebraska Girls Track and Field Player of the Year. The Sidney High School athlete had a senior season to remember in track and field. In May she wrapped up her high school career with three Class B state championships claiming titles in the long jump, triple jump and the high jump. She would also break a state record in the high jump back in April.
Leeling went on to win a national title in the high jump at Nike Outdoor Nationals clearing six feet even to earn All-American honors.
She maintained a 3.66 PGA in the classroom and will continue her track and field career at the University of Nebraska this coming fall.
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Nebraska
Pillen officially announces intent to call special session for Nebraska tax reform
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen took the next step in securing a special session in the state’s legislature this summer.
Gov. Pillen on Tuesday sent a letter to Speaker John Arch, officially announcing his plans to call senators back to Lincoln on July 25. The purpose of the session is to make more headway on addressing property taxes in Nebraska.
“In my sine die address in April, I stated that I would call a special session this summer to facilitate another opportunity for us to meet Nebraskans’ demand that their elected leaders fix this crisis now,” read the Governor’s letter, in part. “I have traveled extensively across the state since the Legislature adjourned and have heard from a wide range of people. Their message is clear: stop this massive overall tax increase by fixing property taxes.”
Gov. Pillen has been hosting town halls across the state over the past two months since the legislative session ended, working to educate Nebraskans on what he calls a “tax crisis.”
He still has several of those meetings planned:
Wednesday, June 26
1:30 p.m. (CT) Columbus: Columbus Chamber of Commerce, 753 33rd Ave, Columbus
Thursday, June 27
10:00 a.m. (CT) Valentine: Mid Plains Community College, 715 E Hwy 20, Valentine
1:00 p.m. (MT) Chadron: Chadron State College, Student Center – Lakota Room, 1000 Main Street, Chadron
4:30 p.m. (MT) Alliance: Westside Events Center, 2472 County Road 62, Alliance
Friday, June 28
8:30 a.m. (MT) Ogallala: Petrified Wood Gallery, 418 East 1st Street, Ogallala
1:00 p.m. (CT) McCook: Coppermill Steakhouse, 202 Coppermill St., McCook
4:00 p.m. (CT) Lexington: Central Community College – The Opportunity Center, 1501 Plum Creek Pkwy, Lexington
Along with slashing property taxes, Gov. Pillen also wants to ensure that the legislature knows he will call a special session regarding other “unfinished business” leftover from the 2024 legislative session, which could include Nebraska’s move to a “winner-take-all” state during elections.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 2.5% in May
Nebraska’s unemployment rate in May was unchanged at a seasonally adjusted rate of 2.5%. That rate is unchanged from September 2023 and up 0.4% from May 2023.
Nebraska’s rate is the fourth lowest in the nation. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2024 is 4.0 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the April 2024 rate of 3.9 percent and up 0.3 percentage points from the May 2023 rate of 3.7 percent.
“Nebraska’s total nonfarm employment has been on an upward trajectory since February and reached an all-time high in May at 1,077,200,” said Commissioner of Labor John H. Albin. “Omaha’s leisure and hospitality industry saw a large gain over the month, with all the metro areas reaching record highs in total nonfarm employment.”
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