July 27 | Gov leaves for trade mission, river pesticides

Your Nebraska Update headlines for today, July 27, include: Gov. Jim Pillen is in Japan and Philippines on trade mission focused on expanding export opportunities for Nebraska agriculture, decade-long study found concerning pesticide levels in rivers across U.S. including Dodge County's Maple Creek, Nebraska's U.S. House delegation is divided over Republican proposal that would grant temporary legal status to undocumented farmworkers, experts say warmer drier conditions and emerging crop diseases could affect this year's Nebraska corn harvest, immigration advocates and business leaders met in York to discuss workforce shortages and immigration reform, Hallam residents raised concerns about proposed partnership involving Monolith and Denver-based AI factory, Nebraska is at forefront of new college athletics business model as schools pursue jersey sponsorships to help fund athlete payments.