CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 21, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Nebraska - Second Quarter 2023": * * * From March 2023 to June 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Nebraska were 51,196, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 47,470, the U.S. Bure  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 21, 2024, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - December 2023": * * * Nebraska had 59,000 job openings in December 2023, compared to 61,000 openings in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Nebraska was  more

LENEXA, Kansas, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $43,473,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Nebraska drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding is part of the over $50 billion investment in water infrastructur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 2022-CR-032) on Feb. 2, 2024, entitled "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Nebraska, Game and Parks Commission, From July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Amy R. Billings, Director, Central Region Audit Division Sub  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Helen Nguyen, 31, of Culver City, California, was sentenced February 21, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Nguyen to 66 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Nguyen'  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty on February 15, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for his role in two separate and wide-ranging malware schemes involving tens of millions of dollars in losses. Penchukov was a leader of two prolific malware groups that infected thousands of computers   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Gary Pope II, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced February 21, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Pope to 87 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pope's release from prison, he will begin a three-year t  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Orlando Brewer, 54, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Brewer to 120 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from p  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Chad Watkins, 55th Wing Public Affairs Airman 1st Class Romario Samuels became a U.S. citizen on Thursday, Feb. 15 at Offutt Air Force Base in record time due to collaboration between the 55th Wing Staff Judge Advocate office and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. Over one year ago, JA and the USCIS entered a joint venture to streamline the process for mi  more