Latest News from the Governor's Office
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that his team has engaged Ford Webb Associates, Inc., a search firm, to lead a national search for the next Chief Executive Officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts will be holding a town hall in Scottsbluff on Friday, September 21st with Nebraska Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson. The Governor invites the public to attend the town hall.
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation declaring the “Year of the American Legion” leading up to the organization’s 100th anniversary on September 16th, 2019. He was joined by Nebraska American Legion Department Commander Lyle Bartels, Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs (NDVA) Director John Hilgert, and nearly 100 American Legion members.
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LINCOLN – On Friday, Governor Ricketts hosted 45 recently discharged service members and their families at his residence for the 2018 Veterans Welcome Home picnic. The event, in its third year, was co-hosted by the Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs (NDVA) along with the Nebraska 150 Commission and Walmart.
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This week, we kicked off a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American Legion, which was chartered by Congress in 1919. Leaders from the American Legion joined me at a ceremony at the State Capitol to kick off the “Year of the American Legion” with an official State of Nebraska proclamation. The organization, which boasts more than 2.1 million members nationwide today, is one of our country’s preeminent veterans and community service organizations.
