LINCOLN, NE -- Today, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Workers’ Compensation Court provided the following names for consideration by Governor Jim Pillen: Jill K. Hamer Conway of Omaha and Brynne Holsten Puhl of Lincoln.

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen, state senators, and the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) held a ceremonial bill signing at Methodist Fremont Health to celebrate a new law that will qualify the state’s hospitals for approximately $1 billion of additional federal Medicaid funds each year.

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen joined leaders from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and advocates in announcing the elimination of the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Registry to better support Nebraskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen expressed his appreciation to the Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee for its work to advance LB 388 to the floor for debate.

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is commending the hire of Troy Dannen as the new director of athletics for the University of Nebraska. The former UNI grad (1989) has been serving as athletic director at the University of Washington. Prior to that, Dannen oversaw athletics at Tulane University and the University of Northern Iowa.

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement after the Nebraska University Board of Regents named University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold as the priority candidate to be the president of the University of Nebraska system.

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has issued a statement regarding the departure of Nebraska Athletic Director Trev Alberts, as well as a “call to action” to the NU Board of Regents. His full statement is below:

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has approved regulations governing nonsurgical pharmaceutical gender altering treatments for individuals under nineteen years of age.

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement upon the Nebraska Legislature taking up a vote to override LB 307, introduced by Senator Megan Hunt. The body voted to sustain the Governor’s veto, 27-20.

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the retirement of Jim Macy, director of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE). His last day will be April 19.