OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Jim Garamone, DOD News The Philippines and the United States are fundamentally agreed on the vision they see for the Indo-Pacific region -- one that is free of coercion and where countries operate according to international law. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is in the Philippines to strengthen the bonds between the two countries. He visited Camp Navarro in Mindanao where Philippine a  more

LENEXA, Kansas, Feb. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: * * * EPA awards $29.9M to renew cooperative agreement with city; HUD awards $4.4M to address interior lead-based paint * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) presented ceremonial checks worth $34.3 million to the City of Omaha, Nebraska, to protect children from lead at homes in the city. EPA a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 4 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced he is appointing Jim Scheer to serve as the District 3 Regent on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. "Jim is a public servant who will work to grow the University of Nebraska," said Governor Pillen. "He believes in educational excellence, the importance of agriculture, and fiscal conservative leadership." Scheer represented District 19 in the Ne  more