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Join us for the 2025 Good Apple Awards on Thursday, October 9 at the Livestock Exchange Ballroom in Omaha. Social hour with an hors d’oeuvres dinner and live music begins at 6:00 pm with a short program to follow at 7:00 pm.

Today, the US House of Representatives passed the Senate’s version of a devastating budget reconciliation bill that will rip away health care and food access from tens of thousands of Nebraskans in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires and sweeping deportations of everyday working people that

***For Immediate Release***July 3, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska’s Members of Congress vote to slash health care and food access to separate families  The House of Representatives finalized passage of the budget reconciliation bill

The USDA recently approved Nebraska’s waiver to restrict soda and energy drinks purchased with SNAP benefits. These restrictions do not make people healthier, but do make people hungrier, while also making SNAP recipients second class citizens when buying groceries. Food and the

It’s possible there’s just one more vote before Congress could pass the devastating budget reconciliation bill that will rip away health care and food access from tens of thousands of Nebaskans, all while funding tax breaks for billionaires and sweeping deportations of

For Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2025 Contact:Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications DirectorNebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: US Senate Passes Budget That Will Devastate Nebraska CommunitiesThe Senate takes the same destructive path as the House, advancing a bill that will result in tens of thousands of

We want to thank the over 100 Nebraskans who showed up in the rain this week to a health care town hall we co-hosted with ACS CAN to tell our members of Congress — NO cuts to our care. From community members

Welcoming Week 2025: Stories We Share Welcoming Week: September 12-21 and beyond! Every year, in communities across Nebraska and across the country and globe, community members host a variety of learning, celebration, arts, culture, and other events during and beyond Welcoming Week!

The Senate is getting closer to voting on their version of the House-passed budget reconciliation bill. This bill will devastate healthcare, food access, and other basic-needs programs in order to fund tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires and sweeping deportations of longtime

***For Immediate Release***June 20, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.orgSee multi-organization media contacts below. Nebraska Statewide Partners Across Sectors Call on Congress After Worksite Enforcement Actions Damage Local Communities Overwhelming impact on people and workplaces are symptoms of

This has been a difficult week as family members, friends, and all of us have been experiencing the impacts of devastating ICE raids in Omaha that have detained Nebraska neighbors and are causing destabilizing ripple effects across the community and throughout the

Last Monday, the Legislature adjourned sine die, meaning the body has concluded its work for the session.   Despite some obstacles and disappointments, we are proud of how hard our team, partners, and supporters worked to advance justice and opportunity for Nebraska families

***For Immediate Release***June 10, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed condemns sweeping ICE raids throughout communities in Omaha  Communities and families should not be torn apart while waiting to work through long, outdated, and complicated

This week, LB275, Senator Megan Hunt’s priority bill to protect foster youth’s access to their social security benefits, officially became state law. This policy will have a huge impact on young people throughout the state! For years, youth in Nebraska’s foster care

LB275 will protect foster youth’s access to their social security benefits For Immediate ReleaseJune 6, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116Mobile: (402) 612-0241sierrasp@neappleseed.org LINCOLN, NE – Today, LB275, officially becomes state law. This bill, introduced and