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State Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday June 30, 2024 ( 16 items )  

Baird Holm Attorney Kristina Kamler Published in USLAW Magazine
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29 -- Baird Holm, a law firm, issued the following news: Baird Holm Attorney Kristina Kamler's article titled, "Buxom Barmaid Makes Another Round, This Time With NIL," was published in the Summer 2024 release of USLAW Magazine. Read more about the legal complexities surrounding the name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights through the case of historical figure Ruth Bisignano, in a dispute that demonstrates the need for statutory laws governing NIL rights. Buxom Barmaid Mak  more

Bluejays Research Science and Religion Through Museum Exhibit Design
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 27 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news on June 26, 2024: By Amanda Biggs Where does a leisurely stroll and educational inquiry intersect? Museums. In your relaxed steps around a museum, you take in intricate displays, scientific discoveries and aesthetic prototypes. This spring, a group of Creighton students learned just how much goes into creating these exhibits by developing a scientific exhibit displaying the intersection between science and rel  more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Reminder - Don Bacon Celebrated the Overturning of Roe
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Two years ago, Don Bacon applauded the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and take away a woman's right to have an abortion, paving the way for Nebraska to pass a dangerous abortion ban last year. Bacon's goal has always been to ban abortion nationwide. He co-sponsored the Life At Conception Act three times, a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rap  more

Gov. Pillen Applauds Reduction in Abortions, Says It's a Tremendous Start
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 29 (TNSres) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen is applauding data from Nebraska's 2023 Statistical Report of Abortions indicating a nearly nine percent drop from 2022. The decrease follows the 2023 passage of LB574's Preborn Child Protection Act, banning abortions after 12 weeks of gestation, unless certain exceptions apply. It was signed into law May 22, 2023. "This is a tremendous start to ending abortion in Nebraska  more

Gov. Pillen Commends SCOTUS Overturn of Chevron Doctrine
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 29 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, Governor Jim Pillen commended the 6-3 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Chevron deference doctrine, which broadly required courts to defer to a federal regulatory agency's own interpretation of laws passed by the people's representatives in Congress. Conservative legal scholars and critics of unaccountable federal overreach have for decades called for Chevron   more

Gov. Pillen Congratulates Beatrice, NDOT on Securing Federal Grant to Make Transformative Downtown Improvements
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 27 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Jim Pillen congratulated the City of Beatrice on the recent federal grant award of $21,389,417 from the RAISE program to fund the Court Street Access and Safety Transformation (CAST) Initiative project aimed at redirecting US-136 and improving the downtown area. The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) supported the grant application and will aid in the delivery of the project.   more

Gov. Reynolds & Gov. Pillen Issue Joint Statement in Response to Missouri River Flooding
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 25 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds and Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen have issued a joint request for people to remain off the Missouri River in the coming days, as water levels continue to surpass flood stage. That urgent message comes following the latest update from emergency management officials and representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Governors Reynolds and Pillen stressed the seriousness of the situ  more

Governors Pillen & Reynolds Issue Joint Request to Stay Off Missouri River
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 25 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Governors Pillen & Reynolds Issue Joint Request to Stay Off Missouri River * * * Governor Jim Pillen and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds have issued a joint request for people to remain off the Missouri River in the coming days, as water levels continue to surpass flood stage. That urgent message comes following the latest update from emergency management officials and representatives from the U.S.  more

Leaders Will Reveal Healthcare Experience Innovations at HUB24
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 26 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news on June 25, 2024: Want a sneak peek at the latest innovations and insights from NRC Health? Don't miss the opportunity to learn about the newest products and meet the latest additions to our executive leadership team. NRC Health is bringing the best hearts and minds in healthcare together for Human Understanding Beyond | HUB 24 in sunny San Diego, August 21-23, to take the und  more

Making More Informed Healthcare Decisions Using Informatics
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 26 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: The amount of data created, captured and consumed worldwide is staggering -- reaching 62.4 zettabytes in 2020 -- and leaping higher every year. The healthcare industry makes up just about 30% of the global data volume, with an expectation to grow 36% by 2025, according to a study by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Arcadia. "Healthcare is a data-driven business," says Joy Doll, OTD, OT  more

Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers Announces First Settlements in Campaign Against Delta 8 Retail Industry
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 27 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announces the first two settlements in his statewide campaign to clean up the Delta 8 retail market in Nebraska. The settlements are with High Flow Cannabis, Stewart Scott Ritter, and Alejandro Castro, who were selling THC hemp products in Grand Island, Nebraska, and with Ms. Vape Shop and Lisa Lomack, who were selling THC hemp products in Crete, Nebrask  more

Nebraska Innovation Studio Pilots Drone Course With Educators
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 25 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Classes will be offered to public beginning July 1 * * * A new drone class has participants flying high at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Eight area educators took part in a three-day drone operating course for teachers, which is aimed at preparing them for the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Test, also known as the Part 107 exam -- the required test to operate drones commercial  more

Riggs to Continue Serving Students as Vice President for Academic Affairs
HASTINGS, Nebraska, June 26 -- Hastings College issued the following news: The first in his family to graduate college, Dr. Wayne M. Riggs developed a passion for higher education and the profoundly positive effect it can have on young people as he made his own educational journey. Riggs moved to Hastings from Florida earlier this month to serve as the new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Hastings College. "Education is transformative, and through my own journey I devel  more

San Diego State University: Micromedicine - Using Microbubbles and Ultrasound for Localized Drug Delivery, Treatment and Prevention Strategies
SAN DIEGO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Engineers from San Diego State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln collaborate on federally funded research to advance the medical field * * * By Taylor Slane Computer simulations at San Diego State University seek to advance the possible use of microbubbles to deliver drugs into patients, seen as a future treatment for conditions in the brain, heart and other hard-to-reach areas  more

WSC Receives $50,000 NEH Grant for Creation of New Minor
WAYNE, Nebraska, June 29 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Wayne State a $50,000 grant for the creation of a new interdisciplinary minor. Wayne State College has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the creation of a new interdisciplinary minor. The project, "Creating a Minor: Regional Awareness and Social Dynamics," is a one-year project designed to create an interdi  more

WSC's Harleigh Claussen Named FCS Ambassador for 2024-25
WAYNE, Nebraska, June 26 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: * * * Claussen, a junior, is one of 10 students selected from across the nation to be an ambassador for the Association for Career and Technical Education's FCS Division for the 2024-25 school year. * * * Wayne State College junior Harleigh Claussen of O'Neill is one of 10 students from across the United States selected as an ambassador for the Association for Career and Technical Education's (ACTE) Family and  more