OMAHA, Nebraska, May 4 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Chancellor Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA, has announced today that Carol Kirchner, MBA, CPA, will serve as UNO's next Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance effective Monday, May 16, pending approval by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents at their June meeting. As Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance, Kirchner returns to UNO after previously serving as Associate   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 4 (TNStalk) -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following joint statement on May 3, 2022 with 52 organizations: * * * Last night, a draft opinion circulated indicating the Supreme Court's intent to overturn Roe v. Wade. Given the additional powers this anticipated decision will yield to state and territorial legislatures, the listed State Parties signed on to jointly offer the following statement: "The shockwaves of Donald Trump's presidency are neither gone nor  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 4 (TNSEco) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Southeast Community College will soon have student housing on the Lincoln Campus, for the first time ever. A celebratory groundbreaking was held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, on the future site. "The first residence hall on the Lincoln Campus will not only provide safe and secure housing for our students, it also provides an affordable pathway to a career or transfer to a four-year institution," said Bev Cum  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, May 5 (TNSfund) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: At its most recent meeting, the Hastings College Foundation Board awarded eight Innovation Grants totaling more than $50,000 to Hastings College employees. These funds are intended for projects aiming to enrich campus life, improve teaching and learning and help ensure student success. All recipients went through an application process prior to being awarded. Kim West Dinsdale, Foundation Board chair, pr  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 7 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: Attorney General Peterson submitted a letter today, led by Virginia Attorney General Miyares, to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas opposing the Biden Administration's attack on the First Amendment. The creation of a "Disinformation Governance Board" violates the constitutional freedoms that state attorneys general are responsible for defending. The Attorneys Ge  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb issued the following statement in reaction to Sunday's Nebraska rally by former President Donald Trump for gubernatorial hopeful Charles Herbster who is endorsed by Trump. Herbster was recently accused of groping by eight women. Herbster helped fund the Stop the Steal event and was in the room with the Trump family the night before the Jan. 6 insurrection. "T  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 6 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Nebraska Democratic Party's Executive Committee voted to submit a letter of intent to the Democratic National Committee to enter Nebraska as one of the early states in the presidential nominating calendar in 2024. Iowa and New Hampshire have been the first and second contests since 1972. The DNC recently adopted a resolution to require states or territories to make the case for themselves to be inc  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 3 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on May 2, 2022: This morning, Governor Pete Ricketts proclaimed May as "Beef Month" in Nebraska during a ceremony at the State Capitol. He was joined by Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Director Steve Wellman, Nebraska Beef Council Chairman George Cooksley, and Nebraska Cattlemen President Brenda Masek. At the news conference, Gov. Ricketts encouraged Nebraskans to take part in the 2022 Good Li  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 4 (TNSPol) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai headlined an event celebrating a new biography of former U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter on April 28 in Washington, D.C. "He is a legend," Tai said of Yeutter in her remarks. "I know that as the 19th U.S. trade representative, I very much stand on his shoulders, as I do on the shoulders of every U.S. tra  more