Daily Digest: ‘Real dreams’: Tonko visits local businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday to discuss tariffs

Also: AAA offers travel tips for Thanksgiving • Tyson’s beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving week. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner,  Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries ‘Real dreams’: Tonko visits local businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday to discuss tariffs SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — While many people are thinking about Thanksgiving right around the corner, small businesses are getting ready for some of the busiest shopping days of the year. Ahead of Sm… Read more → AAA offers travel tips for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving travel is expected to set a new record with AAA predicting nearly 82 million travelers will head 50 miles or more away from home. The majority of travelers, 73.3 million, will take roa… Read more → Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods' decision to close a beef plant that employs nearly one third of residents of Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide. Closing a single slaughterhouse might not seem significant, but the Lexington plant employs roughly 3,200 people in the […] Read more → Thousands of arrests by Trump's crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts More than 2,800 people have been arrested and more than 28,000 traffic citations were issued. Read more → Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says The Biden administration admitted 185,640 refugees from October 2021 through September 2024. Read more → New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site The new memorial site was given an assist by television producer Shonda Rhimes. Read more → New survey finds rising pessimism among U.S. Hispanics Hispanic adults are increasingly unhappy with how the administration is handling the economy and immigration. Read more → Udo Kier, striking German actor from 'My Own Private Idaho' and 'Ace Ventura,' dies at 81 His partner, Delbert McBride, told Variety that Kier died Sunday in Palm Springs, California. Read more → Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of 'Hillbilly Elegy' The memoir's latest role is secretly transporting drugs into an Ohio prison. Read more → It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M! The sale surpassed the record of $6 million from another Superman-related comic sold last year. Read more → White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges health care fix The proposal includes capping eligibility at 700% of the federal poverty level. Read more → Sudan's top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it 'the worst yet' The devastating war has killed more than 40,000 people, according to U.N. figures. Read more →

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