by Mick Mines | May 23, 2017 | Advocacy
This is the End Can’t get that Jim Morrison song out of my mind. An $8.9 billion state budget for 2017-18 / 2018-19 was finalized last week, and yes there was partisan drama. Again. Generally, conservatives won the budget tussle and cut spending. Progressives...
by Mick Mines | May 15, 2017 | Advocacy
Coalesce Five legislative days remain until Speaker Jim Scheer adjourns this session sine die on May 23. Sine die is Latin for “Don’t let the door hit you in the dolium on your way out.” After beginning the year with a $900,000 revenue shortfall,...
by Mick Mines | May 8, 2017 | Advocacy
Mother of All Bills LB 461, the grand tax reform MOAB, turned out to be a dud. Governor Ricketts and Revenue Committee chair, Jim Smith, were all over this one. But, when put to senators for a vote, their count was six noses short. Who didn’t vote for MOAB? All...
by Mick Mines | May 5, 2017 | Advocacy, Association News
Budget “It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it.” – George W Bush. Proponents of LB 337, the $8.9 billion main line budget bill, overcame a snarky filibuster and advanced the bill from General File to Select File. To be...
by Mick Mines | April 24, 2017 | Advocacy
Tax Reform Anyone? LB 461 is a tax reform bill upon which Governor Ricketts and Revenue Committee chairman, Jim Smith, have expended some serious political capital. The bill cuts income and property taxes. Good thing, right? Well, it’s not the tax panacea as...
