CLAY CENTER, Nebraska, May 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. The recent study published in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln  more

ASHLAND, Nebraska, May 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, will host an outdoor open house from 4:30-5:15 p.m. and a site bus tour from 5:15-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Main Groundwater Treatment Plant in Ashland, Nebraska, located at the junction of County Road 6 and County Road F. Please plan on attending our outdoor open house to learn more about the former Neb  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 10, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - April 2023": * * * Area prices rose 0.6 percent in April, up 4.9 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor S  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense announced $18 million in Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) awards to 28 collaborative academic teams. DEPSCoR is a capacity-building program designed to strengthen the basic research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in underutilized states/territories. "DEPSCoR allows us to tap into institutions that have enormous basic resear  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on May 10, 2023: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid. Funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the projects will deploy innovative clean energy technologies at 15 s  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 11 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador, along with 17 other Attorneys General, filed a brief in Preterm Cleveland v Ohio in the Supreme Court of Ohio, urging the court to reject the challenge to Ohio's Heartbeat Act and uphold the will of the people. "The State of Ohio passed a law protecting the unborn. The Dobbs decision sent the issue of abortion back to the States. If the people of Ohio wish to allow  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 11 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: In an effort to protect the unborn, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 18 states in filing an amicus brief urging the Ohio Supreme Court to reject the legal challenge to Ohio's Heartbeat Act, which prevents performing or inducing an abortion after a heartbeat is detected. "As Attorney General, I will always defend the rights of states to protect the unborn,"  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers announced that consumers who were deceived by TurboTax's owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the multistate settlement. Nebraska will receive $837,114 for more than 27,353 consumers w  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56509) involving Cooper Nuclear Plant, Nebraska: * * * Facility: Cooper Region: 4 State: NE Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Curtis Martin HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 05/08/2023 Notification Time: 06:25 [ET] Event Date: 05/08/2023 Event Time: 02:07 [CDT] Last Update Date: 05/08/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(i)   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using an airplane and will fly over parts of northwest Iowa, northeast Nebraska, southwest Minnesota, and southeast South Dakota, weather permitting. The survey will begin in mid-May and be completed in about four to six months. * * * [Chart omitted] * * * The geophysical survey will focus on the buried Spir  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on May 9, 2023, to 5 years in federal prison. Linda Fernandez, 69, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty January 26, 2023, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At the plea and sentencing hearings, evidence showed that between May and July 2022, Fernandez and others conspired to distribute over  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects scholars annually based on their academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, scho  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The White House issued the following readout of a convening of state and local leaders on May 10, 2023, for a Forum on Mental Health and Well Being during Mental Health Awareness Month: * * * As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Christen Linke Young, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health and Veterans Affairs in the White House Domest  more