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RELEASE: House Agriculture Committee Advances Farm Bill that Offers No Support for Nebraskans Struggling with Food Insecurity

***For Immediate Release***March 5, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: House Agriculture Committee Advances Farm Bill that Offers No Support for Nebraskans Struggling with Food Insecurity  LINCOLN, NE – Yesterday, the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee advanced a version of the Farm Bill, which is omnibus legislation that sets […]

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RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed legal intervention accepted in support of fair housing ordinance

Nearly 66% of Lincolnites voted in May to ban housing discrimination based on a renter or buyer‘s source of income ***For Immediate Release***March 3, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications DirectorNebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org LINCOLN, NE – In September 2025, a group of landlords filed a lawsuit to challenge Lincoln’s recently-enacted ban on housing discrimination based on

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RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed Responds to President Trump’s State of the Union Address

***For Immediate Release***February 25, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed Responds to President Trump’s State of the Union Address  LINCOLN, NE — Last night, President Trump addressed Congress and the nation, highlighting his policies and priorities that have caused enduring harm to countless Nebraskans. Over the

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RELEASE: Nebraska Legislature advances harmful minimum wage bill, defying constituents

***For Immediate Release***February 5, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org  RELEASE: Nebraska Legislature advances harmful minimum wage bill, defying constituents  LB258 directly undermines changes that were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2022 LINCOLN, NE – Today, 33 senators blatantly disregarded the will of Nebraskans by voting to pass LB258 on Final

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Release: Nebraska Appleseed Response to the Governor’s State of the State

For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 15, 2026 Contact:Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications DirectorNebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed Responds to the Governor’s State of the State LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Appleseed Executive Director Becky Gould issued the following statement in response to the Governor’s State of the State address: “Far too many of our neighbors are struggling

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RELEASE: Nebraska workers receive another wage increase because of Initiative 433

***For Immediate Release***January 1, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org  RELEASE: Nebraska workers receive another wage increase because of Initiative 433 The increase to $15.00/hour is the fourth in a series of raises LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska’s minimum wage increased for workers across the state to $15.00/hour. Starting on January

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Release: Nebraska Hastily Implementing Work Requirements Will Cause Tens of Thousands to Unnecessarily Lose Medicaid Coverage

***For Immediate Release***December 17, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Hastily Implementing Work Requirements Will Cause Tens of Thousands to Unnecessarily Lose Medicaid Coverage LINCOLN, NE – This morning, Governor Jim Pillen announced that Nebraska will be the first in the nation to move forward with implementing work requirements

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The federal shutdown has ended, but the fight for affordable health coverage continues.

After 43 days, Congress has taken action to end the federal government shutdown by passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the government until January 30, 2026. We are extremely disappointed that this CR does not take any action to keep Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace premiums from skyrocketing for thousands of Nebraskans. What’s

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RELEASE: Nebraskans still at risk of losing health coverage as government shutdown ends.

***For Immediate Release***November 13, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org  RELEASE: Nebraskans still at risk of losing health coverage as government shutdown ends. Congress has failed to extend the expiring enhanced premium tax credits, on which thousands of Nebraskans rely. LINCOLN, NE – After 43 days, Congress has taken action to

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RELEASE: Ruling issued on lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp

***For Immediate Release***October 27, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Ruling issued on lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp The suit asserts the Governor has exceeded his authority under state law LINCOLN, NE – Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng has issued a ruling in

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