OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Bellevue Public Schools recently announced they were awarded a $2 million Department of Defense Education Activity competitive grant. The five-year award will be used for Operation Taking Flight, whose goal will be to increase math proficiency for all students and initiate a new BPS Aviation Academy. "Bellevue Public Schools is honored to once again partner with DoDEA to support  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 3, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.2 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 3, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.7 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 3, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news on Nov. 3, 2023: Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced the Kansas Department of Agriculture is receiving nearly $25 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support water conservation and groundwater management in the High Plains Aquifer. "Kansas farmers drive our state's economic success, and water quality and quantity are a key part of that," Governor Laura Kelly said. "This funding will accelera  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 31 -- The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice issued the following news release: Today, Bryan Tuma, executive director for the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice appointed Mark Stephenson as Director of the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC) in Grand Island, Nebraska, effective October 30, 2023. Stephenson was recommended for his appointment to this position by the Police Standards Advisory Council. "I comme  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Rafael Hernandez, 30, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced on November 1, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Hernandez to 140 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federa  more