ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 20 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release: * * * AFA Supports CAP Training Event in Nebraska * Cadets and senior program members of the Nebraska Wing of the Civil Air Patrol's 12 squadrons held their Annual Wing Conference at the Beardmore Event Center in Bellevue, Neb., on March 7. Their day of air and space education included training on flight simulator stations, safety briefings, and presentations   more

DALLAS, Texas, March 21 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region - March 20, 2026 * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $41.21 per hour in the South to $53.99 in the Northeast in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the other two regions, hourly employer costs   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 20 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Chance audition helped Sherman find his Husker ensemble * When he first started applying to acting programs, Nebraska wasn't on freshman Melkie Sherman's radar. A quick, chance audition for faculty and staff from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film changed his thinking. "I was at an open audition in Dallas for a bunch of different schools, and there was an opportunity to do a walk-in auditio  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst, Smith Honor Women in Agriculture * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan resolution to designate March 21, 2026, as "National Women in Agriculture Day" to honor the critical contributions of women in agriculture. The Senate unanimously passed the resolution, which highlights the more than 1.2 millio  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * Summaries | March 2026 Commission Meeting These are summaries of orders voted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its March 19, 2026, public meeting. Links to each order will be provided below once the order is issued. The summaries are produced by FERC's Office of External Affairs and are intended to provide only a general synopsis of the orders. These summaries are not intend  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 19 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Statement on Legislature Failure to Advance Budget Bill * CONTACT: Laura Strimple, (402) 580-9495 LINCOLN, NE - Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the legislature failed to invoke cloture on LB1071. "The legislature has a job to do - and Nebraskans expect them to get it done," said Gov. Pillen. "My message right now is simple: It's time for them to st  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: To the Ukrainian People, We Have Been with You, We're with You Now, and We Will Be with You in the Future. * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks after receiving the Star of Ukraine Award at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's Star of Ukraine Awards & Benefit Gala. Below is a transcript of his remarks: "Look, I know why all of you came. I came to hear the intr  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 19 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following statement on March 18, 2026, by physician advisor Thomas Howell: * * * Making Sense of Patient Feedback Without Chasing Numbers If you've worked in healthcare long enough, you've probably lived through the meeting where someone says, "We need to improve the scores." It's usually followed by a dense deck, a handful of targets that look suspiciously like moving goalposts, and a qui  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36848) entitled "Michael W. Williams - Control Exemption - McCloud Railway Co.; Ozark Valley Railroad Inc.; and Washington and Idaho Railway Inc.": * * * Michael W. Williams - Control Exemption - McCloud Railway Co.; Ozark Valley Railroad Inc.; and Washington and Idaho Railway Inc. Digest:/1 This decision grants after-the-fact authority for Michael W. William  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Tested by Crisis, Defined by Resilience * Over the past week, smoke has filled the skies across central and western Nebraska as wildfires have torn through more than 826,000 acres-destroying homes, infrastructure, and forcing families to evacuate with little notice. This is the worst wildfire crisis Nebraska has ever experienced and for many families the hardship is far from over. I recently had the  more