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News from July 2023

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Week of June 17: 63 people in 75-84 age group are estimated to have died in Nebraska

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 3, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 63 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending June 17.

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Ricketts-Backed Bill to Fight Fentanyl Crisis Advances with Bipartisan Support

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 3, 2023

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced he recently co-sponsored the FEND (Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence) Off Fentanyl Act, a bipartisan effort led by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) to fight the flow of deadly fentanyl into our country

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Fischer, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 3, 2023

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recently co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the program and raise the authorized funding level

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Week ending June 17 could be deadliest for people in 65-74 age group in Nebraska

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 28 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending June 17.

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Nebraska's combined tax revenues up 27.7% from Q1 to Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

Nebraska collected $2.1 billion in combined tax revenues and income taxes during the second quarter of 2023.

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177 deaths in Nebraska in week ending July 1

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

There were 177 deaths in Nebraska in the week ending July 1, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Less than 10 people die with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause in Nebraska during week ending June 24

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Nebraska in the week ending June 24, making up less than 3.1% of total deaths by all causes in Nebraska.

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Nebraska deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending June 17

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

Nebraska's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 17, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Week ending July 1: 12 deaths among Hispanic people in Nebraska

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 2, 2023

There were 12 Hispanic people who died in Nebraska in the week ending July 1, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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VA provides 25.5% fewer home purchase loans in Nebraska in Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

There were 389 VA home purchases in Nebraska in the second quarter of the VA's fiscal year 2023, totaling $118 million in loans, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Average VA IRRRL loan amount in Nebraska increases from Q1 to Q2

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

The average VA interest rate reduction refinance loan (IRRRL) amount in Nebraska during the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $243,265, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Less than 10 people die with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause in Nebraska during week ending June 24

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Nebraska in the week ending June 24, making up less than 3.1% of total deaths by all causes in Nebraska.

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Nebraska: 43 people in 45-64 age group are estimated to have died during week ending June 17

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 43 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending June 17.

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VA provides 389 home purchase loans in Nebraska in Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

There were 389 VA home purchase loans issued in Nebraska in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 totaling $118 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Q2 2023: Nebraska's combined tax revenues up 28% since Q1 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 1, 2023

Nebraska collected $2.1 billion in total tax revenues during the second quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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VIDEO: Ricketts Calls on NATO Countries to Meet Defense Spending Obligations: “We Need to See This Promise Turned Into Action”

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 1, 2023

On June 22, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, called out NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally countries for failing to meet their promised goal of spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense, despite past and present threats to the alliance

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Fischer Advances $25 Million for NE Agricultural Research Service Facility in Funding Bill in First Key Step

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 1, 2023

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $25,000,000 for the construction of a new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act