OMAHA, Nebraska, July 9 (TNSRes) -- Creighton University issued the following news release: The history of the American jury trial system, and its use as a tool of exclusion and racial oppression, is the subject of a summer research project undertaken by Raneta Mack, JD, professor of law at Creighton. The research will contribute to a book she is writing, tentatively titled, Unpacking Race in the American Jury System: Cases, Readings, and Perspectives. Although jury trials are not mandatory i  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 10 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: By Carol Schmidt, MSU News Service Leo Killsback, associate professor in Montana State University's Department of Native American Studies, has won the 2021 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for his two-volume history of the Cheyenne Nation. Awarded by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the prize recognizes Killsback's "A Sac  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 10 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts announced that 15 Nebraska State Patrol troopers would continue their voluntary deployment to Texas for an additional 14 days. The deployment is in response to a request for support in managing the ongoing crisis in communities along the border of the United States and Mexico. "We appreciate the continued service of the Nebraska State Troopers who have volunteered to aid in t  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 10 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED), and the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) announced ten nonprofit organizations selected to receive funds totaling more than $13.6 million through Nebraska's Middle Income Workforce Housing Fund (MIWHF) and NIFA's Urban Workforce Housing Match (NUW-HOM) program. "After recently announcing grants under the Rura  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 7 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a rule allowing for year-round sales of E15. "This court ruling is a major setback for Nebraska's farm families and ethanol producers," said Governor Ricketts. "President Trump delivered year-round E15 for our farm families. "Now it's time for the Biden Administration to step up. "They  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: With an eye on starting her future and a desire to learn more about Nebraska, Husker Emma Schmidt is spending her summer assisting K-12 youth in Scottsbluff. Hailing from Bridgman, Michigan, the sophomore is one of 65 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students participating in the Husker After-School and Summer Learning Opportunities (HALO) program. A collaboration between the Unive  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Nebraska researchers have played a key role the past decade in helping the state's court system improve efforts to dispense justice fairly and equitably. Working with the Nebraska state court system, Lancaster County, the Nebraska Crime Commission and other agencies, Richard Wiener, Charles Bessey Professor of psychology, evaluates youth and adult programs and assessment instrumen  more