LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 16 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today a settlement with Walmart to resolve allegations that the company contributed to the opioid addiction crisis by failing to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its stores. The settlement will provide more than $3 billion nationally with more than $11 million to Nebraska's Opioid Recovery Fund and participating citi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 17 (TNSfund) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Southeast Community College received three checks totaling $15,000 on Nov. 15, proceeds from the 31st annual Wells Fargo Nebraska Open golf tournament held Sept. 8-11 at Elks Country Club in Columbus. Nebraska Public Power District Board of Director Gary Thompson presented the checks to Brett Bright, Beatrice Campus executive director; Bev Cummins, Lincoln Campus executive director; and Dr. Paul Illi  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 14 (TNSpro) -- Creighton University issued the following news: When the U.S. Supreme Court on June 21, 2022, made college sports potentially more lucrative for athletes but also much more complicated, a group of Creighton University professors saw the potential pitfalls and decided to provide some guidance. David Weber, JD, professor of law at Creighton, joined with three faculty members in Creighton's Heider School of Business to create a course aimed at helping first-   more

SALEM, Oregon, Nov. 14 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today, along with 39 other state attorneys general, announced an historic $391.5 million settlement with Google over its location tracking practices. The settlement, which was led by Oregon AG Rosenblum and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever. Because of Oregon's leadership role i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 16 (TNSper) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: Governor Pete Ricketts announced appointments he has made to fill Nebraska's boards and commissions. The following appointees are unpaid and subject to Legislative confirmation: Crime Victim's Reparations Committee David Nelson, Gretna Lou Leone, Nebraska City Weysan Dun, Omaha * * * Board of Educational Lands and Funds Jerald Meyer, Lincoln * * * Nebraska Educati  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 19 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2022: The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) issued an order today that denies a request for an environmental impact study (EIS) regarding the proposed carbon capture pipeline by Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC (Navigator), which is pending before the IUB in Docket No. HLP-2021-0003. The request for the EIS was filed by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Winnebago Tribe) on June 2, 2022. Today's order st  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 15 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Attorney General Peterson announced today that Nebraska, along with 39 other attorneys general, has reached a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multistate Attorney General privacy settlement in the history of the U.S. Nebraska will receive $11,887,209.18 from the sett  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 16 (TNSbook) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: As Southeast Community College's resident expert in Buddhist Studies, Dr. Courtney Bruntz recently wrote a chapter in the newly-published Buddhism Under Capitalism, an academic book published on Nov. 3, 2022. "I am a scholar of Buddhist Studies, specifically contemporary Chinese Buddhism, and I am particularly interested in how Buddhist practice is shaped by socioeconomic contexts, plus how Buddhists  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 16 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Every novel and short story written by Willa Cather went through many iterations -- from early penciled drafts by Cather herself to typed drafts edited by her partner, Edith Lewis, to printed proofs before publication -- and soon, the Willa Cather Archive at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will make all of these documents available in scanned and digitized form. * * *   more

WAYNE, Nebraska, Nov. 16 (TNSacc) -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Wayne State proudly announces the accreditation of its industrial technology programs by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) on Nov. 9. WSC's industrial technology program includes concentrations in construction management, manufacturing management, drafting and design, and safety management. "The process of accreditation was rigorous and included faculty, administ  more