DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 15 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * NEW DATA: Iowa has 3,600 fewer jobs than a year ago as wholesale inflation rises at highest level in three years Iowa Workforce development, National Bureau of Labor statistics, and Deere earnings all out Thursday * Des Moines - A slew of new economic data out Thursday painted a grim picture of Iowa's economy following a Nebraska Republican declaring last week that Iowa and Nebraska are in a "rec  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 14 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news: * * * Global Voice for Healthcare Improvement: Donald Berwick's Keynote You Can't Miss This fall, NRC Health and The Governance Institute are proud to welcome one of the most influential voices in modern healthcare, Donald M. Berwick, M.D., MPP, FRCP, KBE, to the stage at Human Understanding Beyond | HUB25 and The Governance Institute Leadership Conference. Dr. Berwick wil  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 15 (TNSrep) -- Mutual of Omaha Insurance, a provider of insurance, banking and financial products for individuals, businesses and groups, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Financial Confidence Continues to Drop: New Data from the Mutual of Omaha Protection Index Report Underscores Taking Timely Action to Proof the Futures of Americans Only about 1 in 4 Americans say they feel financially protected today but Gen Z is bucking the trend with a surprisingly hopef  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 14 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska Business launches new financial training to empower nonprofit professionals By Kimberly Smith Responding to increasing demand from nonprofit professionals, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nonprofit Management Institute is offering a new suite of financial management programs beginning this fall. Offered through the Center for Executive and Professional Development in the College of Busine  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 15 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center receives governor's award By Geitner Simmons The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center has received the Governor's Excellence in Ag Partnership Award for its scientific excellence and support of Nebraska agricultural stakeholders. Gov. Jim Pillen presented the award at the 2025 Governor's Summit in Kearney on Aug. 13. "Family farm security equals food security, whi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska mobile home parks face high flood risk, study warns By Kerry McCullough-Vondrak In the wake of disastrous floods that have inundated other parts of the country, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers say Nebraska could experience similar devastation, with the consequences falling disproportionately on the state's most vulnerable residents. A new study, prompted by Nebraska's cata  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 12 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska's corn expertise helps crack code in journey to revolutionize agriculture By Troy Fedderson Experts in the heart of Husker Nation are once again helping the world unravel the genetic secrets of corn -- a crop that plays a pivotal role in global agriculture. In the latest published work from the lab of Nebraska's James Schnable, Vladimir Torres-Rodriguez and Guangchao Sun helped an internationa  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 16 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Online course gives public the chance to solve crimes using insects By Russell Shaffer The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Entomology invites the public to enroll in a non-credit, online forensic entomology course this fall. Developed and taught by Erin Bauer, graduate lecturer in entomology, the interactive class uses game-based learning methods to unravel immersive fictional murder mys  more