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PRESS RELEASE – Nearly 12 percent of Nebraska families facing food hardship

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***For Immediate Release*** August 21, 2015 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 Email: jsheldon@neappleseed.org   Number of Nebraska families facing food hardship remains steady in 2015 Hunger data shows slight improvement, but too many Nebraskans still struggle to eat LINCOLN — New data released Thursday from the Food […]

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News and Events from Nebraska Appleseed – August 2015

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In this August edition of “Appleseed in Action”: Celebrating Medicaid’s 50th birthday Improving access to children’s behavioral health treatment New Americans share their stories at World Refugee Day Introducing 2015 Good Apple Awards honorees Appleseed is hiring Fall interns Meet our 2015 Summer Law Clerks and Interns Celebrating Medicaid on its 50th Birthday One of

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News and Events from Nebraska Appleseed – July 2015

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In this July edition of “Appleseed in Action”:   Supreme Court upholds health coverage in King v. Burwell Legal victory to protect children’s rights to behavioral health treatments Tell Congress to support Child Nutrition bills Save the date for the 2015 Good Apple Awards Capitol Rally to Close the Coverage Gap Urban Abbey Events Meet

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Take Action! Tell Congress to fight child hunger in Nebraska

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Today, we’re asking you to take action to fight child hunger in Nebraska and tell our members of Congress to support two key, bipartisan bills that will ensure thousands of Nebraska kids will get the food they need this summer. Call your Congressman and Nebraska’s U.S. Senators and urge them to support the Summer Meals

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RELEASE – Final passage of bills will help DREAMers, foster youth, and working families

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***For Immediate Release*** May 21, 2015   Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org   Appleseed praises Legislative votes on Final Reading Friday Bills passing final vote will improve lives of Nebraska DREAMers, children, and working families   LINCOLN — Today, Nebraska Appleseed issued the following statements on

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ConAgra Foods Foundation honors six OPS schools with Hunger Free Schools Award

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Award recognizes schools, school board members, administrators who have fought child hunger in Omaha OMAHA — Thursday morning, ConAgra Foods Foundation, in partnership with community organizations that fight hunger and advocate for youth, recognized work to fight childhood hunger in Omaha schools by presenting six OPS schools with the Hunger Free School Award. At a

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STATEMENT – Legislature made right choice for hard-working young Nebraskans by voting down LB 599

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***For Immediate Release*** May 15, 2015 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org   Appleseed Statement on Legislature’s vote on LB 599 Voting down bill is right choice for hard-working young Nebraskans   LINCOLN — Friday, Nebraska Appleseed Executive Director Rebecca Gould released the following statement on the

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Thank Senators who fought for hard-working Nebraska students!

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We did it! Friday afternoon, the Legislature voted not to pass LB 599, a bill that would have cut the minimum wage for hard-working Nebraska high school workers. The bill needed 33 votes on Final Reading to become law, but received only 29 votes. Nebraskans believe all workers should be treated fairly regardless of their

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Protect minimum wage for hard-working Nebraska students

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This is your last chance to stop a bill in the Legislature that would cut wages for Nebraska’s hard-working student employees. LB 599 could be on Final Reading tomorrow. Contact your State Senator NOW and urge them to vote “NO.” Last fall, Nebraskans overwhelmingly voted to raise our state’s minimum wage to $9 per hour,

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