Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nebraska
Attorney General Alan Wilson touts securing critical funding for ICE and CBP
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 11 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news:
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Attorney General Alan Wilson touts securing critical funding for ICE and CBP
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 22-state coalition in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune in support of the immediate passage of the Secure America Act. On Wednesday, President Trump signed the $70 billion legislation.
The Secure Am
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BLS Midwest Region Issues Report on County Employment and Wages in Nebraska Fourth Quarter 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 11 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Nebraska Fourth Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region
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Employment declined in 1 of the 3 largest counties in Nebraska from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Douglas County (-0.1 percent) had the only over-the-year decrease in employment. (S
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CPSC Issues Recall Alert Involving Model Year 2026 Teryx4 H2, Teryx5 H2 Recreational Off-Road Vehicles
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert:
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Name of Product: Model Year 2026 Teryx4 H2 and Teryx5 H2 recreational off-road vehicles
Hazard: The drive converter sheave can break in certain circumstances, resulting in metal fragments being discharged within the engine compartment and surrounding area, posing impact and injury hazards.
Remedy: Repair
Recall Date: June 11, 2026
Units: About 3,585
Consumer Contact: Kawasaki Motors USA
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Creighton pharmacy class of 2026 outperforms national averages in ASHP residency match
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 11 -- Creighton University posted the following news:
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Creighton pharmacy class of 2026 outperforms national averages in ASHP residency match
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Congratulations to the 2026 graduates of the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. This year, the University proudly conferred Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees on a cohort of 69 new healthcare leaders, marking another milestone in Creighton's long history
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Creighton School of Dentistry awarded Rural Health Transformation Grant
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 11 -- Creighton University posted the following news:
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Creighton School of Dentistry awarded Rural Health Transformation Grant
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The Creighton University School of Dentistry will receive $4.625 million in Rural Health Transformation Grant funding over the next five years to strengthen rural healthcare initiatives across Nebraska.
Supported through state and federal funding, the grant will provide $925,000 annually over five years to help finance programs focused
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Eighteen SDSU undergrads awarded college research grants
BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 11 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news:
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Eighteen SDSU undergrads awarded college research grants
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Eighteen undergraduate students will be able to take part in research projects they helped plan thanks to funding from the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.
The students were awarded grants that will allow them to conduct a research project in an area of their choosing under the men
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Fischer Secures Key Provisions in NDAA to Bolster National Defense
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Fischer Secures Key Provisions in NDAA to Bolster National Defense
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Provisions include language for Nuclear Deterrence, Spectrum, Golden Dome, Deterring China
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chair of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, secured key provisions in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 National Defense Authorization A
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Fischer Secures Major Wins for Nebraska, Offutt Air Force Base in NDAA
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Fischer Secures Major Wins for Nebraska, Offutt Air Force Base in NDAA
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$160 million authorized to benefit Offutt Air Force Base, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Lincoln Air National Guard Base
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and chair of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, announced key provisions secured for Nebraska
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Fischer, NE Delegation Request Swift Wildfire Assistance from USDA
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Fischer, NE Delegation Request Swift Wildfire Assistance from USDA
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WASHINGTON - T oday, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (NE-01), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on the immediate need for a wildfire disaster designation for Garden, Grant, Lincoln, and Morrill coun
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Fisher Phillips Issues Insight: Nebraska's New Mini-WARN Law Expands Advance Notice Rules for Layoffs and Closures - Key Takeaways + Practical Steps for Employers
ATLANTA, Georgia, June 12 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on June 11, 2026:
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Nebraska's New Mini-WARN Law Expands Advance Notice Rules for Layoffs and Closures: Key Takeaways + Practical Steps for Employers
Employers operating in Nebraska must make sure they understand their obligations under the state's new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which will take effect in mid-July. The new "mini-WARN" law, which will require covered employe
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KFF: Maine Homelessness Falls, But More Than 2,600 People Still Without Stable Housing
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Maine recorded 2,695 people experiencing homelessness according to the latest Point-in-Time survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in January 2024. Data compiled by KFF show that while the state's homeless population declined from the previous year, thousands of residents continue to experience housing instability, with the vast majority relying on shelters, transitional housing, and emergency accommodation rather than living unsheltered.
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KFF: New Mexico Sees Growing Homelessness Challenge as Unsheltered Population Remains High
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- New Mexico is facing a homelessness challenge according to the latest Point-in-Time survey conducted by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in January 2024. Data complied by KFF show that the state continues to struggle with both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, reflecting broader national trends but with distinctive local characteristics.
According to New Mexico's 2024 count, approximately 4,649 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night.
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KFF: North Carolina Homelessness Surges as Sheltered and Unsheltered Populations Reach Record Levels
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- North Carolina experienced a sharp rise in homelessness in 2024, with the latest Point-in-Time count showing 11,626 people experiencing homelessness on a single January night, up from 9,754 in 2023. The increase of 1,872 people represents a 19% year-over-year jump, closely matching the national increase of 18%.
The KFF data, sourced from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2025 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness, indicate that homelessness in North
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KFF: U.S. Homelessness Data Climbs Sharply as Unsheltered Population Remains a Major Challenge
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. reached a record level in the latest Point-in-Time count, according to data compiled by the health policy organization KFF. The figures, collected during the last 10 days of January, provide a one-night snapshot of homelessness across all states.
The table, sourced from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2025 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness, shows that an estimated 771,480 people were e
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King Bill to Strengthen Rural Hospitals Passes U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release:
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King Bill to Strengthen Rural Hospitals Passes U.S. Senate
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is celebrating Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that would allow hospitals to continue testing innovative hospital payment models under Medicare as they face unprecedented financial challenges in delivering care in rural areas. The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthori
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Mutual of Omaha Earns 5-Star Rating in Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces in Financial Services 2026
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 12 -- Mutual of Omaha Insurance, a provider of insurance, banking and financial products for individuals, businesses and groups, issued the following news release:
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Mutual of Omaha Earns 5-Star Rating in Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces in Financial Services 2026
Mutual of Omaha is proud to announce it has been recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces in Financial Services 2026 by Newsweek and Plant A Insights Group, earning a prestigious 5-star ra
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Native American Ancestor, Bone Awl Linked to 20 Tribes Through Museum Review
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSFR) -- The American Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object and determined that they are culturally affiliated with 20 Indian Tribes, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.
The inventory covers the remains of one Native American individual and a bone awl removed in 1924 from a site in Pike County, Illinois, north of Chambersburg. Museum records described the location as
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Ricketts, Kaine Introduce Bill to Bolster AUKUS Cooperation
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Ricketts, Kaine Introduce Bill to Bolster AUKUS Cooperation
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Unlocking Next-Generation Licensing and Opportunities for Collaborative Know-how for AUKUS (UNLOCK AUKUS) Act. The UNLOCK AUKUS Act would enable technologies that are currently c
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SDSU joins MIT as theme winner at NASA contest
BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 11 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news:
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SDSU joins MIT as theme winner at NASA contest
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Lined up against some big-name competition, a young group of South Dakota State University engineering students won its category in a prestigious NASA student competition.
SDSU was one of three finalists selected to compete in the Lunar Sample Return Concept category.
The students were tasked with developing a concept to extract and return to
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Smith Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hour for Frontier County
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Smith Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hour for Frontier County
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Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) announced today that his staff will hold a mobile office hour for constituents in Frontier County on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. This office hour is an opportunity for constituents to meet directly with a member of Smith's staff about federal issues, receive assistance with a federal agency, or take adv
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Smith Leads Bipartisan Effort to Address Mexico's Non-Tariff Trade Barriers
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
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Smith Leads Bipartisan Effort to Address Mexico's Non-Tariff Trade Barriers
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Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE-03), chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, led a bipartisan letter with his Agriculture Trade Caucus co-chairs U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), and 13 of their colleagues urging the Trump Administration to address
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Trine alum named National Deputy Sheriff of the Year
ANGOLA, Indiana, June 11 -- Trine University posted the following news:
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Trine alum named National Deputy Sheriff of the Year
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A 2022 Trine University criminal justice graduate has been named the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) Deputy Sheriff of the Year.
Karson Meeks, a deputy sheriff with the Steuben County (Indiana) Sheriff's Office, received the Charles "Bud" Meeks Deputy Sheriff of the Year for Merit award during the NSA's annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
Meeks atten
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UNO's First Presidential Chair Working to Improve Statewide Literacy
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 10 -- The University of Nebraska Omaha Campus posted the following news:
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UNO's First Presidential Chair Working to Improve Statewide Literacy
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Jennifer Lemke, Ed.D., the inaugural recipient of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) first presidential chair, wants every Nebraskan to experience the gift of reading.
She serves as director of the Nebraska Early Literacy Workshop, which was formed to provide K-3 teachers with professional development in the sci
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