GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 15 -- Bold Nebraska issued the following news release on July 14: Conservation and landowner groups filed a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed on federal lands. Pipeline construction through waterways remains blocked following last week's ruling by the Supreme Court, which declined to allow Keystone XL to proceed under a key water crossing permit called Nationwide Permit 12, granted by t  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: ICBA Bancard, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced that Gregory Hohl, chairman and president of Wahoo State Bank in Wahoo, Nebraska, and Jim Amundson, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota, were elected to the ICBA Bancard board of directors. "We are thrilled to welcome Greg and Jim, two highly respected and su  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 14 -- Laryngoscope, a peer-reviewed medical journal that says it focuses on otolaryngology, allergy and rhinology, otology and neurotology, laryngology and bronchoesophagology, head and neck surgery, sleep medicine, pediatric otolaryngology, facial plastics and reconstructive surgery, oncology and communicative disorders from the Triological Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: Allergy, Rhinology, and Immunology:  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 16 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: Delegates attending the National Corn Growers Association's Corn Congress, which was held virtually, elected five farmers to serve on the organization's Corn Board. Taking office on Oct. 1, the start of NCGA's 2021 fiscal year, are new board members Jed Bower of Ohio and Brian Thalmann of Minnesota. Current board members Ken Hartman of Illinois, Brandon Hunnicutt of Nebraska, and Gary Porter of Miss  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 17 -- The Nebraska Bankers Association issued the following news release: The legislature is set to reconvene on Monday, July 20, and will begin the sprint to the finish line, with only 17 days remaining in the 2020 Legislative Session, and much work yet to be completed. The legislature will continue to focus on priority bills, with property tax relief and economic development incentives taking center stage. Speaker Jim Scheer (Norfolk), has indicated that debate on each  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 16 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Abbie Raikes, Ph.D., and her research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center recently were awarded $430,000 in funding from five foundations to conduct the first US-based validation of a new scale of early child development. The Global Scales of Early Development (GSED) were developed in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and a global team of scientists. It meas  more