FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11, 2022
CONTACT: John Gage
(531) 510-8529
John.Gage@Nebraska.gov
Governor-Elect Pillen Announces Director For Veterans' Affairs
LINCOLN, NE – On Nov. 11th, Veterans Day, Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen announced he will be retaining John Hilgert as the Director of the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11, 2022
CONTACT: John Gage
(531) 510-8529
John.Gage@Nebraska.gov
Governor-Elect Pillen's Veterans Day Statement
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen made the following statement in observance of Veterans Day.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2022
CONTACT: John Gage
(531) 510-8529
John.Gage@Nebraska.gov
Governor-Elect Pillen Announces First Agency Appointment
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen announced that he will be retaining State Budget Director Lee Will. The appointment is Pillen's first agency selection.
The number of traffic fatalities per hundred million vehicle miles traveled within a year.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation 2023 Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, Released 2025
Recidivism is defined as the percentage of inmates released to the community (either on parole or discharged) and returned NDCS for new crimes or for technical violations within three years of their release date.
Source: Nebraska Department of Corrections Datasheet, Q1 2025
The percent of the population age 25 or older with a high school diploma.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer, 2024
The average number of months between termination of parental rights and adoption finalization.
The number of births per 1,000 women age 15 to 19.
Source: National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2023
The National Immunization Survey (NIS) measures the percentage of children in Nebraska and nationally between 19 and 35 months of age who have been completely vaccinated against 7 serious diseases: by the year 2020, the national goal is for 80% of these children to be completely vaccinated.
