CHICAGO, Illinois, May 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 24, 2024, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2024": * * * Nebraska had 54,000 job openings in March 2024, compared to 58,000 openings in February, 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 4.8 per  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The Douglas and Washington county In-person Disaster Recovery Centers are reducing their hours. They are no longer open Sundays. Also, both locations will be closed in recognition of Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2024. The new DRC hours begin Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The centers will then be open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Despite the change, FEMA is  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Officials from EPA Region 7 were joined by city and state representatives to highlight funding for Superfund sites in the region * * * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 officials were joined by York Mayor Barry Redfern, York City Administrator Sue Crawford, and representatives from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) to recognize the third and final wa  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Facility's ongoing Legionella bacterial contamination may endanger public health * * * On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 issued an emergency order under the Safe Drinking Water Act (https://www.epa.gov/sdwa) to the City of Humboldt, Nebraska, for drinking water at the Colonial Acres of Humboldt Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility (Colonial Acres)  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into brownfield sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $500,000 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest) to exped  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Council Bluffs man was sentenced May 21, 2024, to 84 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencings, Alejandro Almaraz, 24, and three co-defendants, conspired to distribute methamphetamin  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: A manager of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced today to 21 years and 10 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1,339,500 for his role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents, beginning around May 2013 and continuing to at least December 2016, Gabriel Cerda-Guillen, 49, of Mexico, was a manager for a Mexico-based drug traffickin  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and straight-line winds from April 6 to April 7, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizati  more