WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issued the following news release: * * * 15 Jurisdictions Commit to ACF Effort to Close Foster Home Gap - A Home for Every Child The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that 14 states and the District of Columbia have joined A Home for Every Child, a bipartisan initiative to increase the number of licensed foster homes relative to children in care. The more PR

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, April 18 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: * * * 341 MXG conducts first operational mission with Payload Transporter Replacement By John Turner 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. - A Payload Transporter Replacement (PTR) vehicle assigned to the 341st Missile Wing completed a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) maintenance task April 8, 2026, marking the first operational use of Air Force Global Strike Command's new ICBM payload transpo more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for April 17 * Recent achievements for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community were earned by JC Andrews, Nathan Bicak, Nosakhare Idiaghe, Izuchukwu Iwuamadi, Kala Mueller, Kristen Olson, Bo Peng, Sedoten Ogun, Hiep Vu, Eric Weaver and Xinpeng Zhang. Honors JC Andrews, a doctoral student in English, was named by Yale University Press as winner of the 2026 Yale Series of Younger Poets compet more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Archives provide inspiration for new student-composed concert music * Inspiration can come from anywhere -a diary, black and white photographs of Nebraska life, or century-old newspapers. Students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Glenn Korff School of Music dove into collections held by the University Libraries's Archives and Special Collections to find muses for new original music. Scrapbooks, artists' journals, photo albums, and even core more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 17 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights against the rise of the administrative state * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson is joining a 21-state friend-of-the-court brief pushing back against burdensome regulations on national markets and the rise of the administrative state. The brief was filed in support of a challenge to a 2020 federal statute requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a massive more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, April 18 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * Crown Bioscience Urged to Probe Studies Using Monkeys From Filthy Lab After PETA Expose In a letter sent yesterday, PETA urges Crown Bioscience to review all experiments on monkeys it commissioned at the University of Louisiana's New Iberia Research Center (NIRC), the nation's largest primate laboratory with 12,000 monkeys. Last month, PETA released a whistleblower video showing monkeys at NIRC confined in ac more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Allows Bill on Capitol Security to Pass Without his Signature * LINCOLN, NE - Addressing the Nebraska Legislature by letter today, Governor Jim Pillen said that while he believes LB 1237 to be well-intentioned, it will not receive his signature. However, the proposal to enhance security at the Nebraska State Capitol will still become law.  "Although LB1237 includes provisions which would not have been my preferred policy route more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Announces Veto of LB 839, Suggests Alternative Consideration * LINCOLN, NE - Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his veto of LB 839 and proposed a potential alternative for appropriately increasing the number of affordable housing options available to those with disabilities. Gov. Pillen noted in his letter to the Legislature that LB 839 was likely to cause housing developers to opt out of affordable housing programs and could  more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Applauds Legislature for Sustaining Vetoes * LINCOLN, NE \-Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement concerning votes taken by the Legislature today on a handful of bills he returned with vetoes. On Thursday, the Governor sent letters to the body explaining his reasons for rejecting LB 839, LB 878, LB 929, LB 1029 and LB 1256. His vetoes were sustained on each of those bills. "I'm grateful to those in the Legislature wh more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Calls Out LB 929 as "Do-nothing Legislation" * Lincoln, NE - Today, Governor Jim Pillen outlined numerous objections to LB 929, one of the bills he has chosen to veto this legislative session. In his letter, he called out the "do-nothing legislation" for proposing to allow what is already permitted in law. "Even though it has limited effect, LB 929 sends a terrible message," said Gov. Pillen. "LB 929 invites overuse of our healt more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Delivers Sine Die Address to Nebraska Legislature * President Kelly, Speaker Arch, and members of the 109th Nebraska Legislature. Friends and distinguished guests. My fellow Nebraskans. Last month, in the face of historic wildfires, we Nebraskans - once again - proved our grit and came together to protect life, property, and livestock. The Sandhills are an incredible treasure of our state - and some of the best cattle-grazing more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Vetoes bill to Place the State's Current Maternity Leave Policy into Statute * Lincoln, NE - Today, Governor Jim Pillen vetoed LB 878. The bill's intent is to extend six weeks of paid maternity leave for all state employees, which are currently provided to the 12,000 rules covered public servants and members of NAPE/ASMCE. In the Governor's veto letter, he highlights his belief that these benefits should be negotiated through th more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Vetoes LB 1029 * LINCOLN, NE - Citing concerns about transparency and increased vulnerability to foreign adversaries, Governor Jim Pillen has vetoed LB 1029, legislation that would exclude compensation, salaries, and wages from being disclosed by Nebraska's colleges and universities when contracting with foreign adversarial sources. In his veto letter to the Legislature, Gov. Pillen expressed his strong objection to excusing ins more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Husker research provides irrigation rules to save water, increase profits * As water supplies shrink and food demand grows, new interdisciplinary research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers a practical way for farmers to manage irrigation more efficiently while protecting their bottom line. "Agriculture uses about 70% of the world's freshwater, and nearly 40% of food production depends on irrigated land," said Erkut Sonmez, associate pro more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 17 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Institute of Food Technologists posted the following news release: * * * Institute of Food Technologists Student Association Elects New Board of Directors * CHICAGO - April 17, 2026 - The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is proud to announce that its next Board of Directors have been elected, headlined by IFTSA President-elect Janine Merkle. Effective September 1, 2026 more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Lawrence's research proves crucial in safeguarding Nebraska sugar beet sector * Palmer amaranth, a fast-growing "superweed," is notorious for the destructive threat it poses to sugar beet production. The plant produces enormous quantities of seeds, spreads easily and has developed resistance to most herbicides. Once the weed asserts itself in a field, the yield losses are often staggering. Until recently, the plant, Amaranthus palmeri, did not have  more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Lu's Nebraska story is one of research, resilience and a return to art * In his early days of researching the 1937 occupation of Nanjing, China, by Japanese troops, Suping Lu stumbled across the name of an American diplomat who had sent to the U.S. government about the civilians killed by Japanese soldiers. The diplomat, John Moore Allison, grew up in Lincoln and graduated from the University of Nebraska. It was only the first encounter Lu had with  more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 17 -- The Nebraska Department of Economic Development issued the following news on April 16, 2026: * * * DED Awards Additional $1.5 Million of Community Development Block Grant Funds The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded an additional $1,511,530 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to support projects in three communities through the 2025 Public Works opportunities. Funding for these awards comes from the state's 2025 CDBG allocation and carryover from prior years. No additio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Senior Advisor for Civic Education Katie Gorka Highlights Civics Education at "History Rocks!" Event Nebraska * OMAHA, NE - Today, U.S. Department of Education (the Department) Senior Advisor for Civic Education Katie Gorka visited Concordia Lutheran Schools of Omaha as part of the Department's national History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour, in celebration of America's upcoming 250th birthday. The Tour aims to s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Working for Nebraska's Families * "Welcome to the Good Life." A phrase every traveler sees as they cross our state lines. For many, it's just a slogan. But for those of us who call this state home, it's something deeper. It's a promise. I see this promise fulfilled every day. I see it in conversations with students working hard to build their future, in parents balancing long days to provide for their families, and in communities coming together when more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 17 (TNSrep) -- West Virginia University posted the following news: * * * WVU president reports stable financial outlook for University, introduces incoming CFO during BOG meeting * West Virginia University continues to operate on solid financial ground with a "stable outlook," according to the three largest credit rating agencies. President Michael T. Benson reported the reaffirmation of positive ratings of A from S&P Global for "strong capacity to meet financial commitments," AA- from Fitch Ratings, meani more PR