OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Aug. 23, 2023, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska: * * * I would say thank you for the warm welcome to Omaha, but it is 105 degrees - so thank you for the extremely warm welcome. I am very familiar with the heat of Omaha summers and the cold of Omaha winters. My grandmother lived in Omaha for many years, and my father was born across the river in Council Bluffs. I am glad to  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 23, 2023, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2023": * * * Nebraska had 62,000 job openings in June 2023, compared to 63,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Nebraska was 5.6 percen  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps) has conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) dated July 2022 for the Lower Brule North Ecosystem Restoration Project addresses ecosystem restoration and cultural and natur  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jose Emmanuel Hernandez-Gomez, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for trafficking methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Hernandez-Gomez to 135 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his   more