by Mick Mines | January 23, 2018 | Advocacy, Association News
All About The Calendar Monday is Day 12 of the 60-day legislative session. Mornings (9am – noon) are spent in floor debate on carryover bills from last year. Bills introduced this session should start popping-up on the agenda soon. Afternoons (1:30pm –...
by Rebecca Barker | January 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Front Page
In testimony before the Agriculture Committee on January 16, 2018, the Nebraska Agri-Business Association extended support for Mr. Steve Wellman for the position of Director for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. Mr. Wellman with his background and experience...
by Mick Mines | January 15, 2018 | Advocacy
Whose ox gets gored? The state budget faces a $175M – $200M shortfall in the second half of the biennial budget (7/1/18 – 6/30/19). What’s worse, annual tax revenues are projected to remain in the dumper as Ag producers took a beating again this...
by Mick Mines | January 12, 2018 | Advocacy
My Kids Are Back By Miss Helen Crump The bell rang Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. and the classroom filled for the second session of the 105th Legislature. All 49 wiggly bodies were present and just as sweet as my homemade apple pie. We have sixty days to complete our...
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,...
