LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in support of calls for a public hearing on the federal government's proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Federal Controlled Substances Act. The proposed rescheduling would likely result in a significant expansion of the marijuana industry in locations where recreational marijuana is legal  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 20 -- Baird Holm, a law firm, issued the following news: Baird Holm Attorney Robert (Bob) Kardell has been welcomed as a new Board Member for the Omaha Crime Stoppers. Bob has more than 22 years of experience working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he will bring to the board as he helps the organization in their mission to make the Omaha community safer. Crime Stoppers is an independent, not-for-profit organization comprised of diverse, active and dedicated c  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 22 -- Baird Holm, a law firm, issued the following news: Baird Holm LLP is the only Nebraska law firm to be listed in Band 1 (the highest tier) in the five main categories used by Chambers USA 2024: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a peer-review survey. The categories are Corporate/Commercial; Healthcare; Labor & Employment; Litigation; and Real Estate. Rankings are assessed on qualities such as technical legal ability, effectiveness, professional conduct, client se  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 21 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: A nearly decade-old tradition originally launched by Pope Francis made its way to Creighton University's Omaha campus, June 17-19. The 2024 Sport at the Service of Humanity (SSH) Conference, hosted in collaboration between Creighton and the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, featured remarks from professional athletes, student-athletes, coaches, government officials, entrepreneurs, executives, clergy  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 19 -- Creighton University issued the following news: The Rev. Greg Boyle, SJ, founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation program in the world, will be the keynote speaker at Creighton University's fall 2024 Mission Week celebration. Mission Week is scheduled for Aug. 23 through Sept. 5, with activities and events planned on both Creighton's Omaha and Phoenix campuses. The theme of this year's celebration is Companions in Mission. Fr. B  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 19 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen is announcing the appointments made to boards and commissions from January 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024. A list of current board and commission openings can be found on the Governor's website (https://governor.nebraska.gov/board-comm-req), along with instructions for completing an application. * * * Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities Cathy Clark-Martinez, Lincoln   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 18 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced 13 appointments to the newly created Commission on Asian-American Affairs. The commission was created through passage of LB1300, which included legislation introduced by Senator Rita Sanders. Members serve four-year terms. The Commission will coordinate programs related to Nebraska's Asian-American community for housing, education, welfare, employ  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news on June 20, 2024: * * * Personalizing Care: A mission and a passion * * * It seems obvious that patients should be put in the center of the healthcare conversation, right? For a long time, it wasn't the case, says NRC Health's VP of Solution Consulting Jackie Stevens. She says the focus for so long was on the organization, not the individual. "My passion for improving the p  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 (TNSres) -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news on June 20, 2024: The healthcare landscape is perpetually evolving, demanding that organizations remain agile and well-informed while delivering the best possible care. This adaptability is especially important with upcoming changes to the HCAHPS Survey, slated for implementation in January 2025. These enhancements are designed to heighten the survey's relevance and ef  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 21 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Does climate change have an impact on the quality of cotton? Mississippi State scientists hope to answer that question with a new way to monitor the environmental impacts on the cash crop throughout the growing season. Researchers in the university's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station--in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nebraska Water Center and the  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 20, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued a statement about the new Nebraska law requiring online pornographers to verify the age of people consuming their obscene content. Pornhub, one of the world's busiest online purveyors of pornography, announced it will go dark in Nebraska when the law goes into effect next month. "To the news that one of the world's busiest porn traffickers will s  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Researcher aims to diversify field, bolster graduation rates * * * By Tiffany Lee, Research and Economic Development Despite widespread recognition of the need to increase the number and diversity of future engineers, universities struggle to retain engineering majors. The national attrition rate for these students hovers around 50%, and half of those departures occur du  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 19 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news on June 18, 2024: Enter the world of Human Understanding Beyond | HUB24 - NRC Health's 30th annual conference, set to take place August 21-23, 2024, in sunny San Diego. This event serves as a platform where you can engage in enriching conversations, delve into innovative concepts, and discover inventive solutions that reshape the healthcare landscape. HUB24 promises enlighteni  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 21 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Thursday approved the establishment of a new Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) degree program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy. The 120-credit hour BSPS degree is intended to provide a comprehensive undergraduate education for students interested in an accelerated pathway toward a PharmD (Doctor   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 19 -- Union Pacific issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Union Pacific announced today that its legendary steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 will embark on a second tour this year, with a trip planned this fall in middle America, including Chicago and Houston. The "Heartland of America Tour" will start Aug. 29 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and include nine additional states: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. The eigh  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: By Deann Gayman, University Communication and Marketing Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, efforts are still underway to retrieve those who went missing in action -- many lost in downed aircraft. For more than two decades, William Belcher, associate professor in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Global Integrative Studies and previously with the U.S. Dep  more