CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 18, 2024, entitled "Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Nebraska - 2022": * * * Private industry employers reported 20,200 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Nebraska in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this resul  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy announced $20.5 million in funding awarded to 32 states, territories, local governments, and Tribes through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm made the announcement to mayors from across the country at the 92nd annual U.S. Conference of Mayors  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Indian Health Service (IHS), awards $55 million in funding to 15 tribes and tribal organizations as part of the competitive Small Ambulatory Program to invest in the construction, expansion, or modernization of small ambulatory health care facilities. "Tribal partners need access to culturally appropriate, quality health care,   more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Chad Watkins, 55th Wing Public Affairs Offutt will close the Ronald L. King Dining Facility for one year starting Feb. 1, 2024, for renovations as part of the Air Force Services Center Healthy Food Initiative, Food 2.0. The Air Force will provide Basic Allowance for Subsistence type II to enlisted Airmen at Offutt living in the dorms. The monthly payment will continue while   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Alabama, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in NAACP v. Pennsylvania. The case involves the ability of states to enact reasonable election integrity measures, including ballot-processing rules. The Plaintiffs in this dispute sued Pennsylvania over an election law that governs the "marking and mailing" of absen  more