LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 1 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: The Supreme Court struck down the Clean Power Plan rule adopted by the Obama administration. That rule would have required States to achieve carbon emission reductions for coal-fired power plants by forcing plant owners to subsidize renewable-energy sources or reduce their own energy production. The federal government had never before attempted anything like this. The costs of implementing th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 28 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts joined state leaders for a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the completion of the new Fallbrook State Office Building (Fallbrook Building) in the Fallbrook development in northwest Lincoln. The Fallbrook Building is part of the State's new three-pronged real estate strategy aimed at co-locating similar agencies, boards, and commissions to create one-stop-shops for their custo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 1 (TNSawa) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Noah Russell, a Manufacturing Engineering Technology student at Southeast Community College, won the bronze medal in the Technical Drafting category at the National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, June 23. Russell qualified for the SkillsUSA Championships by placing first in the same category at the Nebraska SkillsUSA conference in April in Grand Island. "We take a written test tha  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 1 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to complete an academic facility offering real-world teaching within The Scarlet Hotel. The funds will initiate the build-out of a 100-seat classroom and offices within the hotel, offering new opportunities for Huskers seeking hospitality, restaurant and tourism management de  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 29 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has given its unanimous support to a new statewide initiative to increase the share of Nebraskans who hold postsecondary credentials. At its June 23 meeting, the Board approved a resolution endorsing the goals outlined in Legislative Resolution 335, passed this spring by the Nebraska Legislature. LR 335 calls for 70 percent of Nebraskans ages   more