KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 7 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following article on April 5, 2023, by Nathan Kauffman, senior vice president and Omaha Branch executive, and John McCoy, assistant economist in the Regional Affairs Department at the Omaha Branch: * * * Labor scarcity has been an increasingly important issue in Nebraska for several years, but particularly in the wake of the pandemic. * * * Labor scarcity has been an increasingly important issue in   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead USDA's first-ever regional agribusiness trade mission to the Netherlands between April 17-20. Taylor will head a diverse delegation of more than 50 business, trade associations and state government leaders seeking to grow U.S. agricultural exports to the Net  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of former prosecutor Carolyn Bosn to serve as the representative for District 25 in the Nebraska Legislature. She will fill the seat and complete the term of Sen. Suzanne Geist. Geist announced her resignation yesterday. It is effective at the end of the day. Bosn's first day in the Legislature will be Tuesday, April 11. "Carolyn will hit the grou  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: United States Attorney Steven A. Russell announced that Dustin Charles Vogel, 36, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his participation in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Vogel to 140 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release f  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on April 5, 2023: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey hey! Ho ho! Hello. Q: Hello! MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. We've made it to the middle of the week. All right, good afternoon, everybody. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, today we announced that President Biden will travel next week to the United Kingdom and Ireland. He will head first to travel to Belfast. That will b  more