by Mick Mines | April 30, 2019 | Advocacy
Death & Taxes Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and change. You can’t avoid change, it’s mandatory. Progress however is optional.” – Unknown DEATH Sen. Chambers introduced LB44, his latest attempt to abolished the death...
by Mick Mines | April 22, 2019 | Advocacy
Serenity Now! Revenue Committee Chair, Lou Ann Linehan, stepped-up her game at a press conference last Wednesday. She outlined a legitimate property tax plan that would shift some costs for funding K-12 and community colleges from property taxes to sales taxes. The...
by Scott Merritt | April 17, 2019 | Association News, Front Page
As a founding member of the Common Sense Nebraska Coalition, which was formed three years ago, the Nebraska Agri-Business Association continues to work towards improvements to the Waters of the US (WOTUS) Rule. “This new proposal addresses many of the concerns our...
by Mick Mines | April 15, 2019 | Advocacy
Turnin’ Up The Heat It’s hot in the Capitol. Yes, it’s literally hot in the building! Happens every year. Seasons change, temperatures fluctuate, and the building’s heating and cooling system (patented by the Romans) cannot be adjusted without...
by Mick Mines | April 8, 2019 | Advocacy
Smarts and Insurgents Last week’s floor debate was mostly noise. Not to be critical of all noise. Just the chest-thumping, nose-twerking, bruised-ego kind of adult noise that entertains political wonks on public television and does little to move policy forward. Think...
