CHICAGO, Illinois, March 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 10, 2023, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Nebraska - 2022": In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.8 percent in Nebraska, signi  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 11 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: Attorney General Gentner Drummond led attorneys general from 20 states today in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an important case involving the liberty of religious organizations to select their ministerial leaders. The brief supports a faith-based Colorado school in arguing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit misappl  more

ROSELAND, Maine, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Company Faces $531k In Penalties Nebraska grain-handling company exposed workers to multiple safety hazards * * * A 34-year-old worker's attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupationa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jeffrey Stenstrom, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information today charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Stenstrom faces a maximum possible punishment of 20 years' imprisonment, a fine of $500,000 or twice the amount of the laundered funds, or both. As part  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSper) -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy issued the following news release: The Office of Advocacy in the U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce Darcella Craven has been appointed Region 7 Advocate. Representing Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, Craven will help Advocacy reach the midwestern states and ensure that small business in the heartland have their concerns heard. Before joining Advocacy, Craven was the president and  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, March 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Almost four years after a devastating flood brought 720 million gallons of flood water onto the southeastern portion of the installation, ground was broken on the 55th Security Forces Squadron's new campus March 9, 2023. The $68.5 million campus will eventually bring the Recon Raiders back together as they have been spread across the base in multiple facilities since the March   more

ROSELAND, Nebraska, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 7 issued the following news release: A 34-year-old worker's attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at CHS Inc. - operating as Agri-Service Center Roseland - found the employe  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Col Brus Vidal, Air Force Global Strike Command The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine began conducting its formal assessment for the Missile Community Cancer Study by visiting Air Force Global Strike Command's three intercontinental ballistic missile bases. This step officially begins addressing specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related caree  more