LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 30 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022: Attorney General Peterson has joined a bipartisan group of 10 states and the Federal Trade Commission in filing a lawsuit against pesticide makers Syngenta and Corteva, alleging anticompetitive practices that have harmed farmers. The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, accuses the defendants of using "loyalty programs"   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 30 (TNSper) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts appointed S. Colin Palm of Plattsmouth to the County Court, Second Judicial District (consisting of Cass, Otoe, and Sarpy counties). Palm, 50, has served in the Cass County Attorney's Office since August 2000. He has been the office's County Attorney since 2018 after having worked as Chief Deputy County Attorney from 2003 to 2018. As County Attorney, Palm's primary   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts released the 41st episode of "The Nebraska Way" featuring Trev Alberts, Vice Chancellor for Athletics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During the episode, Alberts discusses his experience playing college football, his tenure at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and the current status of Husker athletics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A veteran administrator and C  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts and leaders in the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recognized child welfare specialists at a proclamation signing ceremony at the State Capitol. Gov. Ricketts proclaimed September 2022 as "Child Welfare Workforce Development Month" in appreciation of the great work being done by State teammates, agencies, and partners to provide critical services to c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022 and Sept. 12, 2022, letter: Nebraska and five other states filed a challenge to the Biden Administration's Student Loan Cancellation Program. Governor Ricketts thanked Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson for leading the effort. "President Biden's student loan forgiveness scheme is fundamentally unfair and would harm the American families forced to pay for it. Additionally, the  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 30 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced today it is awarding more than $1.8 million to support the work of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) being led by Iowa State University in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Idaho. The goal of AG2PI i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: "Taxing Tony" Vargas is too scared to face off against Don Bacon. Vargas is refusing to attend two debates. What is Tony Vargas hiding? NRCC Comment: "Tony Vargas is too afraid to debate Don Bacon because he doesn't want Nebraskans to know he's nothing more than a shill for the Biden/Pelosi agenda that's left Nebraska families paying more for everything." - NRCC Spokeswoman Courtney Parella *   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release: An innovative partnership between Omaha Public Schools (OPS) and the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) will help attract and retain teachers. Funding from Omaha Public Schools will support four initiatives at UNO that will create more pathways into the teaching profession and expand professional development for current teachers. "Our district has led the way in our efforts to   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 30 (TNSpar) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Students completing their associate degrees at Southeast Community College now have the option of making a seamless transition into a related bachelor's degree through Doane University at nearly the same cost. The Associate's to Bachelor's, or "A's to B's", partnership between SCC and Doane allows for new transfers to receive either reduced tuition while attending Doane courses in Lincoln or online, o  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 1 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release: Chris Moore, Ph.D., has been named as the next director of the UNO STEM TRAIL Center. The announcement was made by the Lee D. and Willa Seemann Distinguished Dean of the College of Information Science & Technology, Martha Garcia-Murillo, Ph.D. "Dr. Moore's passion for and commitment to educational innovation in the STEM fields is clear," Garcia-Murillo said. "His deep experience eng  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 30 (TNSfund)(TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * A transdisciplinary collaboration connecting genetic science to the study of crop and animal traits, or phenotypes, has received a new $1.9 million funding installment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of three universities taking lead roles in the multi-institutional Agr  more

WAYNE, Nebraska, Oct. 1 (TNSconf) -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Effective education emerges from a solid teaching foundation. Dr. Sarah Farr, associate professor of music at Wayne State College, explores the historic significance of informed learning during a faculty lecture recital. "The Pedagogical History of the 24/26/28 Italian Songs & Arias," featuring Farr, mezzo-soprano, and Shelly Armstrong, piano, is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in Ley Theatre. This event   more