LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and Nebraska Innovation Campus held a groundbreaking ceremony today to launch the construction of the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture. The state-of-the-art research center will be located on N  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following alert: Effective April 1, 2024, we centralized the intake process of Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, and related filings under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for self-petitioning abused spouses, children, and parents at the Nebraska Service Center. Previously, after we received and receipted VAWA Form I-360 filings at the Neb  more

FREMONT, Nebraska, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Rail Modal Group failed to protect workers from known struck-by hazards * * * Responding to an employer's report that a worker needed hospitalization after being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer and suffering severe injuries at a Fremont grain yard, federal workplace safety inspectors identified 23 violations by the worker's employer, including faili  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Event hosted in cooperation with Douglas County Health Department and Omaha Chamber of Commerce * * * On Monday, May 6, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister joined representatives from the African American, Hispanic, and refugee communities, as well as local nonprofit and governmental organizations working to address environmental justice concerns in Omaha, Nebraska, on an environment  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: EPA Region 7's Environmental Justice (EJ) Program invites the public to join its quarterly Community Stakeholder Meeting that is open to all community members in Region 7, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. EPA will hold the virtual meeting on Thursday, May 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. "Environmental justice" means the just treatment and meaningful involvement of   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jackie Harper, 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 8, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for making false statements to the Small Business Administration. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Harper to three years' probation and ordered him to pay $154,247.06 in restitution, nearly all of which   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on a joint resolution (H.J.Res. 109) providing for Congressional disapproval of "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121" issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The joint resolution was was introduced by Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, and four cosponsors. * * * The Administration strongly opposes passage of H.J. Res. 109, which would disrupt the Securities and Exchang  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Nebraska man who planned to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced on May 7, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City. Calvin Wright, 33, from Creighton, Nebraska, pled guilty on January 24, 2024, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Wright was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in 2016 in Nebraska. Evi  more