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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, May 6, 2019

Wonks Nebraska political wonks (and you know who you are) can scarcely contain their jubilation over this week’s legislative agenda. In non-nerd terms, both the major tax bill and the appropriation bill will be debated back-to-back. Insert giddy emoji. Tune in...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, April 29, 2019

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...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, April 22, 2019

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...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, April 15, 2019

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...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, April 8, 2019

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...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, April 1, 2019

Feelings In the 1949 comedy, “It Happens Every Spring”, a college professor (Ray Milland) accidentally discovers a fluid that when wiped on an object (like a baseball) is repelled by wood (a bat). The Prof takes leave from the university to pitch in the...