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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 16, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Kan. A.G. Kobach Leads Coalition Urging Biden to Drop Rule That Prioritizes Foreign Nationals Over American Workers
TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 16 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Labor to drop a proposed rule change that would allow foreign agricultural workers in the United States to form unions - a right that is denied to U.S. citizen farmworkers. "Once again, the Biden administration has placed the interests of foreign nationals over the interests of  more

NORAD to Conduct Air Defense Exercise Over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a planned live-fly air defense exercise over southwest Nebraska-northwest Kansas and northeastern Colorado today. NORAD F-16 Fighting Falcons and an E-3 Sentry AWACS, and civilian aircraft will participate in the exercise. Aircraft will operate at approximately 8,000 feet, and may be visible to the public. To   more

U.S. Department of Education Releases New Data Highlighting How the Simplified, Streamlined, and Redesigned Better FAFSA(r) Form Will Help Deliver Maximum Pell Grants to 1.5 Million More Students
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released new state-by-state data and details showing that the simplified, streamlined, and redesigned 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will help 610,000 new students from low-income backgrounds receive Federal Pell Grants. The new FAFSA form will also help 1.5 million more students receive the maximum Pell Grant - bringing th  more