LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 7 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts appointed fourteen Nebraskans to the state's Commission on African American Affairs. The commissioners will serve four-year terms. "Throughout Nebraska's history, African American leaders have helped grow Nebraska and have richly contributed to our heritage in many ways," said Gov. Ricketts. "Thank you to the dedicated men and women who have stepped up to serve on the new Afri  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that President Joseph R. Biden's Administration announced plans to revise the Waters of the U.S. rule. "Nebraska successfully fought back when President Obama overreached and tried to expand federal control of our water," said Governor Ricketts. "The Biden-Harris Administration must respect the rights of states, who are the rightful ste  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that TC Energy would terminate the Keystone XL pipeline project. This decision follows President Biden's decision to cancel the presidential permit for the pipeline. "President Biden's executive action led to the termination of the Keystone XL pipeline," said Governor Ricketts. "This is yet another example of the Biden-Harris Administ  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Nebraska Democratic Party has launched a "Flip that Bacon" website to target Rep. Don Bacon's 2nd District congressional seat in 2022. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has CD2 as one of its 22 competitive House districts that are either open or held by Republicans. "We are building a winning coalition of voters to flip the CD2 seat red to blue," said NDP Chair Jane Kleeb. "Rep. Ba  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 11 (TNSPer) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Donna Havener spent 45 years working at Southeast Community College's Milford Campus. She was only 18 when she started working there, so you could say she grew up at SCC. "I grew up with my job," she said. "All 45 years I worked in Student Services. There were so many good memories and fun times." She started as a secretary in Admissions and ended her career as Associate Director of Registration and   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: An effort to tackle health challenges and improve nutrition among Native Americans, who suffer disproportionately from a variety of diseases, encompasses several University of Nebraska-Lincoln research and extension initiatives across the country that range from training future health care workers to promoting production of traditional tribal crops. The goal of these efforts is t  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 8 (TNSGra) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Seven undergraduates in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resources are conducting conservation-centered research this summer through $3,000 grants from the Cabela's Apprenticeship Research Project. Among them is Abigail Schoup, a senior fisheries and wildlife and pre-veterinary medicine major, who will join a research team looking at how wastewater contaminat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 12 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Ted Kooser has touched countless lives through his poetry. His career has included two terms as U.S. Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize. A presidential professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kooser extended his reach by not only writing great poetry, but teaching it. Kooser is beloved for his teaching style. While many creative writing workshops consist of abou  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Peter McCornick, who has led the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska since 2016, has been reappointed for a second five-year term. Under McCornick's leadership, the institute has made huge strides in fulfilling its mission to improve agricultural water management to ensure sustainable food and water security in the face of popula  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: In scientific terms, University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student Rubi Quinones is an outlier. The computer science major knows 10 coding languages and four spoken languages -- English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean. Since meeting and marrying her Bangladeshi husband at Nebraska, she has begun adding Bangla to the list. Her research in computer science also sets her apart from c  more