OMAHA, Nebraska, March 22 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release on March 21, 2022: Chris Crutchfield's return to his alma mater will eventually be defined by success on the court. The new men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) scored his first victory, however, by winning the press conference at Baxter Arena on Monday that reintroduced him to the community. In a ceremony that featured University of Nebraska System   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 25 -- Creighton University issued the following news on March 24, 2022: Isabel Wilkerson remembers a video she saw circulating shortly after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A group of custodial staff - all of them masked, all of them Black - cleaning up the mess made by rioters, supervised by a single, unmasked, white police officer. For Wilkerson, the scene was a stark illustration of a reality that few in this country have ever considered in such ter  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 24 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: The League of Nebraska Municipalities, the Nebraska Association of County Officials, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health, and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson today announce the next step in Nebraska's fight against the national opioid epidemic and other co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders with the formation of the Neb  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 26 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb issued the following statement late Thursday after a federal jury in Los Angeles found Nebraska GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry guilty of lying to the FBI about accepting illegal campaign donations. "The Republican Party, with their one-party grip on our state, continues to show they are corrupt and shameless. Fortenberry's lies violated the trust of Nebraskans a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 23 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation to designate March 20-26, 2022 as "Agriculture Week" in Nebraska. The Governor issued the proclamation at the State Capitol, where he was joined by leaders from Nebraska's agriculture community. "Nebraska agriculture powers our state's growth and helps to feed the world," said Gov. Ricketts. "Each March, we set aside a week to thank our ag producers for  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 23 -- Tenaska, an independent power producer, issued the following news release: Tenaska Marketing Ventures (TMV), the natural gas marketing affiliate of Tenaska, one of the nation's largest private, independent energy companies, announced today that it has completed the renewal and increase of its committed borrowing base facility that provides up to $2 billion for a four-year term maturing in March 2026. The credit facility, first established in 2006, will continue to   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is using National Science Foundation funding to build a first-of-its-kind tool that will help scientists better understand RNA, a molecule historically marginalized as DNA's little sister but increasingly recognized as a vital biological force with great potential to impact human health and advance technology. Joseph Yesselman, a Huske  more