Ricketts Meets With Boys and Girls State Delegates

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts met with delegates from the Boys and Girls State programs as they met in Lincoln last week. The summer programs, run by the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary, aim to educate Nebraska’s rising high school seniors about the workings of local, state, and federal government.

“Civically-engaged people are the foundation of a healthy republic,” said Governor Ricketts. “Thank you to the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary for their decades-long commitment to hosting these outstanding opportunities for hundreds of Nebraska high school...