WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon Speaks Out Against Diversion of Military Housing Funds * Washington - Yesterday, Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) raised serious concerns regarding the reported diversion of $1 billion from critical military housing improvements to border security operations. During a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing titled "Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2026 Posture," Rep. Bacon highlighted how this real more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Building Certainty for Small Businesses * For workers and entrepreneurs, few places are as ripe with economic opportunity as the United States of America. Our world-leading workforce, natural resources, educational institutions, rule of law committed to protecting capital investment, and unique features such as deepwater ports providing access to export goods and services to consumers across both the Atla more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BY THE NUMBERS: Don Bacon Supports Kicking Nearly 20,000 Constituents Off Health Insurance to Fund Tax Cuts for Billionaires * Last month, Congressman Don Bacon cast the deciding vote to sell out Nebraska's working families in exchange for giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country. According to new analysis by the Joint Economic Committee, nearly 20,000 people in N more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Flood Accepting Applications for His 2025 Fall Internship Program in Washington, D.C. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced his office is taking applications for the fall internship program with his Washington, D.C. office. "I'm happy to announce that my team is now accepting applications for our fall internship program in Washington, D.C.," said Congressman F more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Don Bacon Plunges the Country $2.4 Trillion Deeper into Debt * According to new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Don Bacon and House Republicans' Tax Scam bill would increase the national deficit by $2.4 trillion. In Bacon's quest to deliver massive tax cuts for billionaires, he's supporting kicking nearly tens of thousands of people in NE-02 off their heal more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Don Bacon Tries to Fool Nebraskans After Voting to Gut Clean Energy Tax Credits * Bacon spent weeks pretending to buck his party to protect energy tax credits - only to turn around and cast the deciding vote to cut them Don Bacon attempts to pull the wool over Nebraskan's eyes once again, this time sending a letter to the Senate asking them to "mitigate" the negative impacts of h more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 5 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news: * * * Explore Cutting-Edge Concurrent Sessions at HUB25 NRC Health's Human Understanding Beyond | HUB25 features a rich lineup of concurrent sessions designed to deepen your expertise and spark new ideas across healthcare's most critical domains. From leadership and culture to clinical strategies and patient experience operations, these sessions offer a diverse range of ins more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Introduces Legislation to Secure America's Satellite Systems * Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and Chair of the Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, introduced the bipartisan Secure Space Act of 2025. The legislation aims to strengthen America's national security by preventing foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising America more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 3 (TNSxrep) -- First National Bank of Omaha issued the following news: * * * FNBO Releases 2024 Impact Report FNBO Delivers Significant Community Investment in Philanthropy, Service and Environmental Sustainability * Omaha, NE, June 2, 2025 - FNBO has released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting the bank's deep commitment to community well-being through philanthropic giving, employee volunteerism, and environmental sustainability initiatives. The report details the ba more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The scholar-warrior: How Erik Lin-Greenberg bridges academia and Air Force intelligence * At a time when the U.S. Department of Defense increasingly grapples with emerging technologies and their implications for national security, Erik Lin-Greenberg '09, SM '09 occupies a rare position at the intersection of theory and practice. The MIT political scientist and lieutenant colonel i more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 5 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Nebraska governor signs a bill protecting women's sports The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Erica O'Connell regarding Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's signing Wednesday of LB 89, a bill that protects female athletes of all ages against males competing on their more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska in the national news: May 2025 By Sean Hagewood Nature published a May 21 feature on Kevin Lievano-Romero, a fourth-year doctoral student in parasitology at Nebraska. The article was among 60-plus national news stories featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, centers and programs in May. A Colombia native, Lievano-Romero studies bat parasites and the viruses that infect them -- speci more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 3 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska-developed mindfulness program expands to Ghana By Chuck Green A transformative program designed to help educators use mindfulness and reflection in their daily work is expanding its global reach. Holly Hatton, associate professor of child, youth and family studies, is collaborating with researchers in Ghana to adapt CHIME -- Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators -- an interactive co more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 4 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska-led NSF project sheds light on microscopic life in Sandhills By Natalie Jones In Nebraska's Sandhills, a unique collaboration among scientists, students and ranchers is underway to study nematodes -- microscopic worms that play a vital role in soil and ecosystem health. Backed by funding from the National Science Foundation's Poorly Sampled and Unknown Taxa (PurSUiT) program, the University of  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * NRCC Statement on NE-02 * If you are covering today's news in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, please consider the following statement: "Out of touch Democrat John Cavanaugh has proven time and time again that he will prioritize his radical far left agenda ahead of Nebraskans. While Denise Powell and Cavanaugh are set for a race to left, Don Bacon continues to deliver common sense r more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts at AI+ Expo: Innovation and Adoption is the Key to AI Competition for America * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, participated in the Special Competitive Studies Project's AI+ Expo in Washington, D.C. Speaking at a fireside chat titled "Winning the AI Race with the CCP," Ricketts made the case for how more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Introduces the AFIDA Improvements Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure (AFIDA) Improvements Act. The bill will codify legislative oversightrecommendations to update the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978. The AFIDA Improvements Act will equip the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Match Ready: Oversight of the Federal Government's Border Management and Personnel Readiness Efforts for the Decade of Sports" at 10 a.m. on June 10, 2025, at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses: * LTG. REYNOLD H. HOOVER, USA (RET.), CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LA28 OLYMPIC & PARAL more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith, Feenstra Urge USTR to Improve Market Access for U.S. Agricultural Products in India * Washington, DC -- Last week, Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) led a letter to United States Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer urging improved market access for American agricultural exports - specifically U.S. ethanol, distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and soybean meal (SBM) - in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- A notice of inventory completion from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service announced the successful cultural affiliation of human remains. This notice, published in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, details findings by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The Corps of Engineers, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has completed an inventory of human remains, determining a cultural affiliation with t more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 3 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Husker economist studies effects of evictions on children By Dan Moser A Nebraska economist is exploring how evictions affect children over the long term -- research that could inform new policies aimed at tackling housing instability across the United States. Daniel Tannenbaum, Georgia and Jim Thompson Associate Professor of Economics, recently received a $430,587 grant from the National Science Founda more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Ricketts Issues Red Alert on Communist China * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed the threat Communist China poses to the American way of life. On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, he spoke with Nebraska reporters about Communist China and his recent Congressional Delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue. "Dictator Xi Jinping has tol more PR