by Mick Mines | February 21, 2022 | Advocacy
Gotta Get A Boat Big idea! Big water! Big price tag! Last week, Speaker Hilgers cast $200 million in his wake by introducing LB406 and LB1023. The plan is to build marinas and upgrades at Lake McConaughy and Lewis and Clark Lake and a lodge and event center at...
by Mick Mines | February 14, 2022 | Advocacy
A Spending Frenzy Sorry about the delay! Stupid human error. Can you feel it? Do you sense the impending hurricane of somewhat fettered spending unlike this state has seen before? Ever! Do you have a sense that billions of dollars are about to be divvied up within...
by Mick Mines | February 9, 2022 | Advocacy
We’re Number…17 “Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small…never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” Winston Churchill. Methinkst, the Prime Minister, speaketh of State Senator Steve...
by Mick Mines | January 28, 2022 | Advocacy
“Short Session” The Legislature convened Wednesday for their 60-day “short” session. Barriers-O-Plexiglass are gone, and senators actually take meetings in their offices. But for visitor restrictions in the legislative chamber, all’s...
by Mick Mines | June 7, 2021 | Advocacy
“Th-th-th-that’s all folks!” The 107th Legislature, First Session adjourned sine die. The Governor rightly labeled this session “historic” as tax cuts headline a long list of legislative accomplishments. Nebraskans wholeheartedly agree,...
by Mick Mines | June 1, 2021 | Advocacy
Quite a Week The Legislature is adjourned until Wednesday when they reconvene to address bills vetoed by the Governor (if there are any) and take a position on LR134, a resolution outlining the criteria to be used by the Legislature during the 2021 redistricting...