LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 31 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2023: * * * The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nebraska Board of Directors has named the 2023 recipients of its annual awards, including a longtime Lincoln civil rights leader, a Lexington community advocate and three partner organizations. This year, I Be Black Girl, the University of Nebraska College of Law's Muslim Law Students' Association, and the Nebraska Ind  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Nov. 2 -- Bold Nebraska issued the following news: With this award, Jane is creating a new project called Energy Builders that will focus on a new economic model around clean energy in rural communities. For too long climate action has been focused on the coasts or as a talking point in the halls of Congress. However, the majority of land needed to build America's next 100 years of energy freedom with clean energy is in our rural towns. Rural people have been seen as part of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * During a radio interview in September, Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska responded to an article written by Yanqi Xu of the Flatwater Free Press, regarding runoff pollution caused by farms owned by the Pillen family. In his response, Gov. Pillen noted that he had not read the article but continued on to say "All you got to do is look at the author. The author is from communist China.  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 2 -- The Nebraska Farmers Union issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Today, President Biden visited Minnesota Farmers Union member Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, MN, to announce $5 billion in investments in rural communities, ranging from rural infrastructure, economic development, sustainability, and climate-smart agricultural practices. "Today's announced investments in Rural America is more hard evidence the Biden-Harris Administration remains committ  more