HASTINGS, Nebraska, May 8 (TNSPer) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: The Hastings College chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) inducted eight new students and named Dr. Bruce Batterson, Hastings College associate professor of business administration, a lifetime member of SCJ. SCJ is the nation's oldest honor society for student media leaders. With more than 100 active chapters nationwide, SCJ focuses on professional development at the collegiate level by  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 14 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 44 attorneys general led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, Nebraska Attorney General Douglas Peterson, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan urging Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, citing serious concerns ab  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that his office has settled a lawsuit with an Omaha area mental health provider concerning false claims that the provider submitted to Nebraska Medicaid and its managed care contractors. Between September 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018, Kathleen Wiley and her business, Kathy Wiley, LLC submitted 1201 claims for mental hea  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Attorney General Doug Peterson joined a Missouri-led coalition of 22 states, filing an amicus brief in support of an Arkansas law that would prohibit abortions solely based on a prenatal Down Syndrome diagnosis. The brief was filed this morning in the case Leslie Rutledge v. Little Rock Planning Services. The brief states, "People with Down Syndrome add unique joy, beauty, and diversity to o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Attorney General Doug Peterson joined in co-leading a letter along with the attorneys general of Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Vermont. The letter cites serious concerns about the safety and well-being of children and the harm social media poses to young people and contends that Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its platforms. The coalition of 44 attorne  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 12 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts joined fellow Governors to call on the Biden-Harris Administration to take action to enforce the nation's immigration laws and to strengthen the country's southern border. "This Administration has enticed a rush of migrants to our border and incentivized an influx of illegal crossings by using irresponsible rhetoric and reversing a slew of policies--from halting border wall co  more

CURTIS, Nebraska, May 12 -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture issued the following statement by Dean Larry Gossen: * * * Congratulations to our campus community! The Class of 2021 has graduated! Our Aggie students at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture have navigated the challenges of an uncertain year. Thursday we celebrated graduates and their families in an outdoor commencement. It was a picturesque day, with blooming flowers, green grass, blossoms and budding trees,  more

CURTIS, Nebraska, May 12 -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture issued the following statement by Dean Larry Gossen: * * * Rooted in ranching and valuing education, a goal and dream of Sande Clark Scholz was to leave a legacy of her maternal lineage to the "school at Curtis." Prior to her death nearly two years ago, Sande and her husband, David, coordinated the gift of land in Hayes County be made through the University of Nebraska Foundation. Sande had inherited the ranch from the  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) and state parties, including the Nebraska Democratic Party, have announced a historic four-year agreement that will guarantee more investment into Democratic state parties' infrastructure than ever before. At a minimum, this investment will provide $23 million to state parties as part of Democrats' 2022 midterm s  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 13 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: NDP Chair Jane Kleeb called out Rep. Don Bacon for the cowardly "voice" vote Wednesday by Republican House members to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her party leadership role after she urged the GOP to reject former President Donald Trump's continual lies about the secure election that led to President Biden's victory. House members ousted Cheney on a "voice" vote, meaning there is no public record of ho  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 12 (TNSPer) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: After a 31-year career at Southeast Community College, Bob Morgan has decided to retire from his position as Beatrice Campus Director/Vice President for Program Development. During that time, he started out as a business instructor at the Lincoln Campus and ended being in charge of the Beatrice Campus. He's seen the College change and evolve over the years and finishes his career with one of the most c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 (TNSPro) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Melaina Kroft is a student at Nebraska Methodist College in Omaha pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. She's known since she was very young that she wanted to work in the health care industry. When she took classes in the Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partnership (SENCAP) program, nursing caught her attention. "SENCAP helped me weed through all of the different aspects of health care until I kn  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 (TNSPar) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: The Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partnership (SENCAP) is a partnership between Southeast Community College and 47 school districts in the College's 15-county service area. High school juniors and seniors are able to take college-level courses in a variety of different pathways and earn dual credits. Pawnee City Public Schools is one of those participating districts. Eliza Hunzeker took part in the  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 (TNSPar) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: If it wasn't for the Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partnership (SENCAP), Trevor Kuhlmann would not have been able to graduate from Northwest Missouri State University in three years instead of four, allowing him to save time and money. "I was able to get a whole year (or 30 credit hours) knocked out in high school, and that allowed me to get a head start on my collegiate career and fast-track me in  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Molly Sambol, a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in South Korea. An Omaha native, she was a secondary education major specializing in English language arts. Sambol applied for the Fulbright to combine her two passions: teaching and Korean culture. She has been interested in South Korea for several years, inc  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 13 (TNSPar) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska will begin a five-year partnership to help safeguard the U.S. food supply. The new NSRI Collaborative Biosecurity Laboratory will bring together researchers from NSRI and IANR to increase research and development in the fol  more