Gov. Ricketts and NE Attorney General

Channel 8 will be live streaming the Governor and state's Attorney General discussion at 10 a.m.

March 1, 2021 9:57 am

Emily Larson,

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- Governor Ricketts and Nebraska’s Attorney General, Doug Peterson, will be hosting a discussion today and we’ll be live streaming it here! Follow along below for live updates.

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Happy Nebraska Statehood Day! It’s our state’s 154th birthday today.
Attorney General Doug Peterson: The state of Nebraska filed a large complaint against AltEn for environmental violations
- BACKGROUND ON THE LAWSUIT: UPDATE: NDEE monitoring 4.5 mile waste spill from Mead ethanol plant
- AltEn was given clear directions for the process in their facilities
- It became clear the company was not going to comply/resulting in a complaint filed
- The complaint is 95 pages long Peterson says
Officials say your drinking water won’t be affected by the waste spill at the AltEn plant in Mead
15,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines have been ordered in Nebraska but don’t know for sure how many we’ll actually be getting yet
supply will likely not be consistent
Gov is optimistic we’ll see more and more vaccines in March