by Mick Mines | March 23, 2020 | Advocacy
Reconvene That was a long short week. The Legislature’s original agenda called for a four-day week, Tuesday through Friday. However, on Monday, Speaker Scheer responded to COVID-19 concerns and told senators to make like fruit haters and diss a pear until...
by Mick Mines | March 16, 2020 | Advocacy
Be Well! Speaker Jim Scheer announced new precautions for the Legislature in response to COVID-19 concerns. His decision to reconvene the body will be day-to-day, rather than adhering to the set schedule. Twenty days remain in this sixty-day session. Until further...
by Mick Mines | March 9, 2020 | Advocacy
Campaigns Pause your TV and turn your attention (or lack thereof) away from the claptrap of federal campaigns. Especially those polyethylene media big mouths who believe we can’t possibly understand what candidates tell us without their interpretation. Instead,...
by Mick Mines | March 2, 2020 | Advocacy
Flu$h The Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board meets bi-annually to forecast future revenues headed to the State coffers. The Legislature then uses the board’s best guess to craft the FY2020/2021 portion of the budget. NEFAB (another one of those clever...
by Mick Mines | February 24, 2020 | Advocacy
Doo wah! Senator Lou Ann Linehan chairs the Revenue Committee and her committee designated LB 974 as one of their two priority bills. LB 974 would provide significant property tax relief. On General File debate, the bill received three hours against a filibuster...
