LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 7, 2023: Attorney General Mike Hilgers today joined a 24-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Yelp opposing the company's practice of discriminating against crisis pregnancy centers in online consumer notices. Last year, Yelp announced that the company would begin issuing consumer notices to the Yelp profiles of crisis pregnancy centers. The notices cl  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 8, 2023: Lincoln- Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 21 states, led by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, calling on President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under federal law. Doing so will free up resources to confront the deadly opioid crisis with the seriousness  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 8 (TNSfund) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton University and CHI Health have received $499,964 from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska to help develop, recruit and retain Nebraska's behavioral health workforce. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan Act. "This is an innovative project that combines the resources of the Creighton College of Nursing and CHI Health to address the critical shortage of psychiatric-mental heal  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 9 (TNSfund) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton University's College of Nursing has been awarded $11.9 million from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Of that total, $5.9 million will go toward scholarships for 80 accelerated nursing students and supporting their success with the hiring of an additional academic counselor, a clinical placement coordinator and a program manager. The other $6 million will go toward further enhancing Creighton  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 11 (TNSpconf)(TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: A dramatic shift in the treatment of large ischemic stroke was announced today (Feb. 10) at the 2023 International Stroke Conference held in Dallas. "It's a watershed moment in stroke treatment," said Pierre Fayad, MD. Dr. Fayad was invited by the New England Journal of Medicine to write an editorial about the publication of two clinical trials being pre  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * State of the Union response from Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb. President Biden can forever be called 'Jobs Biden' from this point forward. Historic job growth is happening under Biden in stark contrast to our economy under Trump. Democrats are delivering Made in the USA jobs from clean energy across Nebraska, to manufacturing semiconductors and steel in the Midwest.   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus posted the following news release: Rural Nebraskans are more pessimistic about their current and future well-being, as well as changes in their communities, according to the 2022 Nebraska Rural Poll. Since its beginning 27 years ago, the poll has asked respondents about their current situation, as well as their outlook on the future. This year, the proportion believing they are worse off than they were five years a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Elk, like buffalo, once roamed widely across the Great Plains. Killed off in Nebraska by the 1880s, the majestic animals began a gradual return to the Cornhusker State after a 1960s repopulation in eastern Wyoming. * * * Now, University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist John Benson is leading a comprehensive study of Nebraska's elk population. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * The world's brightest minds have long looked to the sky and wondered if it would be possible to sustain human life on another planet, such as Mars. * * * If it is possible, Congrui Grace Jin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, believes the process for creating self-healing concrete on Earth could inspire one fo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 11 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: * * * Rob Schafer elected vice chair * * * Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln, representing District 1 on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, today assumed the role of chairman of the Board after serving as vice chairman in 2022. Regent Rob Schafer of Beatrice, representing District 5, was elected vice chairman of the Board. Clare, a partner at Rembolt Ludtke law firm in   more