LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 22 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * 'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award * A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student project that investigated the overcrowding, understaffing and other multilayered issues confronting Nebraska's prison system took home the College Journalism Award at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards on May 20. Eleven College of Journalism and Mass Communications students develop  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 32 States And D.C. Between April 2025 And April 2026; 32 States Add Construction Jobs From March To April Texas and Louisiana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Lag; Florida and New Mexico Lead in Monthly Gains, While New Jersey and Maine Have the Biggest and Steepest   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following public notice (MB Docket No. 26-124): * * * 1. On May 7, 2026, the Disney owned TV station KTRK-TV, Houston, Texas, and KTRK-TV's parent company, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC), filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling (Petition) in which the companies ask the FCC to declare that the daytime TV talk show The View qualifies as a bona fide news interview program./1 Currently, The View is c  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Freedom Because of Sacrifice * In Congress, I work every day to make the American Dream more attainable by advancing commonsense policies that strengthen our communities, support working families, and preserve the values that make our nation great. Yet none of the work we do in Washington would matter without the sacrifices made by the brave men and women who have defended our country with their lives.   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 22 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Hosts HUD Secretary Turner; Highlights Opportunity in Nebraska * Governor Jim Pillen hosted United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner in Nebraska to highlight ongoing efforts to make homes more affordable, boost development of workforce housing, and to create major community and economic revival in rural and urban communities across the state through t  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 22 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU recognizes 11 students with 2026 University Awards * LAWRENCE -The University of Kansas has awarded 11 students with honors that recognize community engagement, leadership and academics. The University Awards, among the most prestigious awards presented at KU, were established to recognize students who embody service excellence, dedication or whose academic achievements are stellar. Class of 1913 Award  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Three Candidates from Iowa for Election to Congress * AFGE says Christina Bohannan, Lindsay James, and Sarah Trone Garriott will fight for workers' rights and benefits EAGAN, Minn. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of three candidates for election to the U.S. House re  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 22 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Giving with gratitude: planned gifts support nursing, research, and patient care Support for nursing, prostate cancer research, and cerebral palsy treatment will make a lasting difference for patients. * After retiring from a business career in Nebraska, longtime Detroit Tigers fan Paul Hansen found he had more time to travel to Michigan to at  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi's Rhoshunda Kelly Elected CSBS Chair The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today announced the election of Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance Commissioner Rhoshunda G. Kelly to serve as the new chair of the CSBS Board of Directors. The election took place during the CSBS annual meeting, where new officers for 2026-27 were also installed. Chair Kel  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, May 22 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: * * * Cemetery survey project helps students develop research skills, community connections Northwest Missouri State University student Sam Miller hadn't heard of Rose Ann Wilson when she began her U.S. history honors course this spring but is more familiar with her now after completing a unique survey of local cemeteries. During a visit in March to the Ohio Cemetery in Burlington Junction,   more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, May 22 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * SDSU's Wingman tops NASA's Blue Skies contest * AI-enabled safety glasses designed by a group of South Dakota State University engineering students so impressed judges at a NASA contest that State students repeated as champions at the Gateways to Blue Skies competition at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The glasses are designed to assist aircraft mechanics, but they could be applie  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Leads Letter Urging USTR and Treasury to Hold Mexico Accountable Ahead of USMCA Joint Review * Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03), Chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, led a letter with 19 of his Republican colleagues to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, urging them to hold Mexico accountable ahead of the six-year joint review of th  more