MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 21 -- Akerman, a law firm, issued the following news release: With nearly 160 real estate lawyers and development professionals nationally, top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP has grown one of the country's largest legal teams in the real estate industry with the addition of partner Sara Langan. She joins the Real Estate Practice Group and is licensed to practice in Illinois and Nebraska. "Sara brings valuable experience in real estate investment, financing and economic deve  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) belatedly announced a final rule authorizing year-round sales of E15, with additional delays, in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin: "EPA's final rule authorizing year-round E15 sales i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers announces success in Nebraska's lawsuit against the Biden Administration's EPA, securing the freedom to sell E15 gasoline during summer months. The year-round sale of E15 will provide Nebraskans a cheaper, cleaner option at the gas pump. In April 2022, a bipartisan coalition of governors petitioned the EPA for a rule allowing their States to sel  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 22 -- Rice University issued the following news release: According to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, conservative-leaning job applicants indicate being less likely to pursue positions that require personal statements on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and those negative reactions are not independent of anti-Black racism. Photo credit: 123rf.comThe paper appears online in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psych  more