CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 23, 2023, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Nebraska - 2021": Fatal work injuries totaled 39 in 2021 for Nebraska, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Nebraska was down from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: Governor Jim Pillen testified in support of LB 706, a bill that clears the way for the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to exercise bonding authority to accelerate completion of highway capital improvement projects, identified in the Build Nebraska Act (BNA). "I believe deeply that this is an important piece of legislation that will allow us to compete and grow Nebraska in  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Airmen from the 55th Wing participated in an Ability to Survive and Operate rodeo at Offutt Air Force Base Feb. 10, 2023. An ATSO rodeo is designed to refresh and instruct Airmen on the skills needed to accomplish the mission during contingencies both at home station and deployed, including remote and contested environments. "This is just the beginning for us as we look to buil  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Kenneth L. Parker, issued the following news release: Marcus C. Beatty, 55, of Columbus, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and repay $486,408.55 in unclaimed funds he stole from the State of Ohio, who was holding the funds in trust for the rightful owners. Court documents outline the significant fraud scheme Beatty ran from at least June 2011 through at least March 2018 to steal from the Ohio Depa  more