NEWPORT BEACH, California, May 15 -- Clean Energy Fuels issued the following news on May 14, 2024: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, and Maas Energy Works, the nation's largest dairy digester developer, today announced a new joint development agreement to build nine renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities at dairy farms across seven states. This new endeavor will include dairies located in Colorado, South  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 14 -- Creighton University issued the following news: A new endowed chair in the Creighton University School of Medicine will expand the partnership between the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) and Creighton, providing better, more affordable healthcare to a greater number of children and families in the Valley. In 2021, Piper Trust invested $10 million in a collaboration between SVdP and Creighton. This added staff and services to the Virgini  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following statement by Chair Suzan DelBene: * * * "Don Bacon will do whatever it takes to gain power and protect his political career, even falling in line with Trump's MAGA agenda when it hurts Nebraska families. Nebraskans are sick and tired of having a representative who is making it harder for middle class families to get ahead, and trying to control their personal health care decisions. Tony Vargas is the onl  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Internal discord within the GOP is escalating as House Republicans face challenges backed by their own party members. From Nebraska to Texas, feuds between incumbents and challengers are creating rifts that could jeopardize the party's chances in November's general election. Despite warnings from party leaders, the clashes highlight the ideological divisions within the Republican Party, exacerbated by the legacy of   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- George Washington University issued the following news: According to the Centers for Disease Control, preliminary data shows drug overdose deaths decreased by three percent in 2023. This would be the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. There were an estimated 107,543 overdose deaths in the United States in 2023, according to the CDC. 111,029 deaths were reported in 2022. Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana and Maine saw decreases of more than 15 percent.   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits to stop both the Biden Administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. Today, a coalition of 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administrat  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Although Nebraska's latest health care workforce report suggests steady growth for most professions, challenges remain. The "2023 Status of the Nebraska Healthcare Workforce" report, commissioned and funded by the Office of Rural Health Initiatives at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC), pointed to declining numbers   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Alice Young of Omaha, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to conduct research in Japan. A Regents Scholar and member of the University Honors Program, Young is a psychology major on the pre-medicine track. Her research focuses on end-of-life care and cultural pe  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Anna Synya, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, has earned a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to pursue a master's degree in history at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland. Originally from Kherson, Ukraine, she now lives in Lincoln. For her Fulbright project, Synya wil  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Hayden Ullmann, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to teach English in Germany. Ullmann, from Fort Worth, Texas, is a secondary education major with endorsements in French and Spanish and minors in German and international studies. A member  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Laura Cobb, who earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May 2023, has received a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to work on a photography project in Germany. An Overland Park, Kansas, native, Cobb currently lives in Lincoln. In her work, Cobb combines various narratives as she explores humanity's connections to one another and the land.  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Samuel Ahlquist, who graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Russian, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to teach English in Kyrgyzstan. Ahlquist, who hails from Minnetonka, Minnesota, has longstanding interests in cross-cultural learning, geography and international politics. For his Eagle Scout  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Thursey Cook of Ceresco, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to teach English in Germany. Cook is a secondary education major with an endorsement in English language learning and minors in German and international studies. She graduated from  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduating seniors and two alumni have accepted Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2024-25 academic year. The Fulbright program, the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program, is supported by an annual appropriation made by Congress to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Metal halide perovskites have emerged in recent years as a low-cost, highly efficient semiconducting material for solar energy, solid-state lighting and more. Despite their growing use, a fundamental understanding of the origins of their outstanding properties is still lacking. A Husker scientist is aiming to find answers that could lead to the development of new materials and new   more

WAYNE, Nebraska, May 15 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Dr. Michael White and Shelby Hagerdon '21 received numerous awards at the Iowa Motion Picture Association awards ceremony May 4. "The Cross," an original film by Dr. Michael White, received four Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) awards, while Wayne State College alumna Shelby Hagerdon took home seven during the IMPA Awards gala May 4 in Forest City, Iowa. White received the Award of Achievement in the Best   more

WAYNE, Nebraska, May 17 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has appointed Wayne State College student Braxton Dalton of Raymond as a student trustee for the Nebraska State College System for the 2024-25 academic year. "I want to ensure that every student in the State of Nebraska has access to the opportunities at our state colleges that I have been fortunate enough to have," stated Dalton on his application. "I firmly believe that students everywhere s  more