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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, March 20, 2022
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 flush with...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, March 13, 2022
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 - four stars! STARWARS,...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, March 6, 2022
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 to get...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, February 27, 2022
Consent Calendar District 42 State Senator Mike Groene resigned last Monday. On Wednesday, Governor Ricketts appointed North Platte's Mike Jacobson to complete the remainder of Groene's, now his, term. Jacobson is a banker and filed for election to his new legislative...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, February 20, 2022
Resignation State Senator Mike Groene (North Platte) resigns from the Legislature tomorrow. Check your local rag for the sorted details about if/how he allegedly objectified and demeaned one of his legislative employees. The Governor will quickly fill the vacant seat...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, February 13, 2022
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...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, February 6, 2022
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...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, January 30, 2022
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 Halloran. Halloran, a...
American Soybean Association asks EPA to lift prohibition of Enlist
The EPA has recently received data clarifying the impact of Enlist on the American Burying Beetle which, should the data demonstrate the beetle will not be impacted as EPA anticipated, it could support a registration amendment lifting county-level prohibitions. The...
Second Annual Cornhole Tournament Winners
Our 2nd Annual Exposition Cornhole Tournament was conducted at the 2022 Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition on January 25, 2022. Our Winners are Peyton Grote and Pat Miller both from Gavilon Fertilizer, Omaha, NE! Way to go guys! Trophies, medals, and $100 prize each!