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RELEASE: New Federal Rule Upends Nebraska’s Decision to Implement Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Early

Health Care, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 06/02/2026

***For Immediate Release*** Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado Pirigyi Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 ext 116 sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: New Federal Rule Upends Nebraska’s Decision to Implement Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Early Nebraska Must Press Pause on Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements LINCOLN, NE – Late yesterday afternoon, the Centers for Medicaid and […]

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RELEASE: Appeal filed in lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 04/22/2026

***For Immediate Release***April 23, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Appeal filed in lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp The suit asserts the Governor exceeded his authority under state law Today, Nebraska Appleseed filed an appeal in the lawsuit, Schimek v. Pillen, which seeks to halt

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RELEASE: Lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp dismissed

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/27/2026

***For Immediate Release***March 27, 2026 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp dismissed The suit asserted the Governor exceeded his authority under state law LINCOLN, NE – Today, Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng dismissed the lawsuit, Schimek v. Pillen, that

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

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/05/2026

***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

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/03/2026

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

Child Welfare, Economic Justice, Health Care, Immigrants & Communities, Press Release, Race Equity / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 02/25/2026

***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

Economic Justice, Legislative Updates, Minimum Wage / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 02/05/2026

***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

Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 01/15/2026

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

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 01/01/2026

***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

Economic Justice, Health Care, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 12/17/2025

***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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