WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The American Association of Colleges of Nursing issued the following news release: The Foundation for Academic Nursing, the philanthropic arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), is pleased to announce the latest graduate students to receive the Deborah E. Trautman Future Nurse Leader Scholarship. With funding provided by Liaison International, AACN's partner in NursingCAS, the scholarship recipients include Amit Dhir, a PhD student from Johns Hopkin  more

LYONS, Nebraska, Jan. 12 -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: The Center for Rural Affairs applauds the Nebraska Department of Agriculture's (NDA) continued efforts to support the state's small- and medium-sized meat processors with its announcement of a second round of grant funding through the Independent Processor Assistance Program (IPAP). The NDA will award approximately $5.1 million in grants to processors for the modification or construction of buildings; p  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 13 -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: Legislation introduced Jan. 10 in the Nebraska Legislature seeks to provide resources to small grocery store owners fighting to keep their stores open amidst economic and workforce challenges and competition from big box retailers. The Nebraska Grocer Reinvestment Option (GRO) Act, introduced by Sen. Teresa Ibach as Legislative Bill (LB) 1116, would establish a grant and loan program to help locally o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 10 -- The Nebraska Farm Bureau issued the following statement on Jan. 8, 2024, by President Mark McHargue regarding Gov. Jim Pillen's call for property tax reform: * * * "We greatly appreciate Governor Pillen's leadership and efforts to reduce the property tax burden on Nebraskans. Achieving meaningful tax reform to lower property taxes requires difficult conversations. To his credit, the governor has not shied away from those conversations, and we thank him. "We beli  more