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January 28, 2020
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced the schedule for the 32nd Governor’s Ag Conference. The annual event gives producers and agri-business leaders in Nebraska an opportunity to discuss the state’s number one industry and strategies to support future growth in agriculture. The conference is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, March 9-10, 2020, at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Kearney.
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January 28, 2020
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts congratulated Jeff Fassett, the Director of Natural Resources (DNR), on his pending retirement. Fassett has served as DNR director since August 2015.
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January 27, 2020
LINCOLN – On Friday, January 31st, Governor Pete Ricketts will visit fire departments in O’Neill and Spencer to recognize their heroic efforts to serve Nebraskans during the historic floods of 2019.
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January 27, 2020
The big marijuana industry grew to $13.6 billion in 2019, and marijuana lobbyists are eagerly looking to cash in on new markets. They’re pouring big money into shaping public opinion on marijuana across the nation. To avoid regulation, the industry wants to persuade people that the drug is not only harmless, but can be safely used as a medicine to relieve pain.
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January 25, 2020
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas, Governor Mike Parson of Missouri, and Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa announced that they had signed a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in response to historic flooding along the Missouri River.
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January 23, 2020
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts praised President Donald J. Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a new rule that rolls back President Barack Obama’s 2015 rule pertaining to the Clean Water Act. The 2015 rule had stretched the bounds of the EPA’s authority beyond its constitutional scope by expansively defining “Waters of the United States ” (WOTUS).
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January 23, 2020
LINCOLN – On Wednesday, the Nebraska Family Alliance (NFA) presented Governor Pete Ricketts with its inaugural Defender of Life award in recognition of his work to protect pre-born babies in Nebraska.
