by Mick Mines | April 13, 2022 | Advocacy
Veto cmd+Z (Override) The 2022/2023 mid biennium budget is adopted. Have you heard? Spending was unprecedented because ARPA funds and significant tax revenues drove the frenzy. Senators chose to override several vetoes by Governor Ricketts, but no harm, no foul. Said...
by Mick Mines | April 11, 2022 | Advocacy
Disgraced Eight days remain in this 107th Legislature. Tuesday through Friday this week, Monday through Wednesday next week, and Wednesday, April 20. The Speaker set that final day for potential gubernatorial veto overrides and the perfunctory sappy speeches by...
by Mick Mines | April 4, 2022 | Advocacy
Linehan US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigned from Congress yesterday. Read about it everywhere else. State Senator Lou Ann Linehan is in her fourth year as chair of the Legislature’s powerful Revenue Committee. She’s tough, intelligent, and strategic. She is...
by Mick Mines | March 28, 2022 | Advocacy
ARPA (Not The Cryptocurrency) The Legislature reconvenes on Tuesday, Day 45 of this short (60-days) session, and that Window O’ Opportunities is quickly sliding shut. In this the second year of Nebraska’s biennial budget, the state coffers are utterly...
by Mick Mines | March 21, 2022 | Advocacy
Tension Senator Brewer’s always contentious bill to eliminate the concealed carry handgun permit withstood an 8-hour filibuster before advancing to Select File. It wasn’t pleasant for either side of the aisle, but for pure entertainment value...
by Mick Mines | March 11, 2022 | Advocacy
Little Time – Plenty Money The obligatory public hearings for every bill introduced this session are finis! There are now 21 legislative days before the kids go home for the year. Speaker (and candidate for Attorney General) Mike Hilgers announced his intention...
