A mix-up in the Nebraska governor’s office has likely cost Gov. Jim Pillen his veto power for the state’s biennium budget.Gov ...

Nebraksa Governor Jim Pillen signed the 2025-2027 State Biennium Budget, but there are some items he vetoed and sent back to ...

On Thursday, the Legislature sent a letter to Gov. Jim Pillen saying his line-item vetoes in the budget bills were not ...

Nebraska lawmakers did not accept a slate of four line-item vetoes Gov. Jim Pillen issued on the state's upcoming budget Thursday, claiming the governor missed his veto deadline.

The Legislature, at least for now, has rejected and questioned the constitutionality of four line-item budget vetoes from Gov ...

Pillen said the legislation solves the $432 million reported shortfall and honored the state's commitment to providing tax relief for Nebraskans.

Nebraska lawmakers said they can't accept Gov. Jim Pillen's line-item vetoes of the budget bills. The state senators said they were not returned within five days, which is the deadline set by the ...

After grappling with a multi-million dollar projected deficit all session, Nebraska lawmakers passed a balanced budget ...

In a letter to lawmakers, the governor called the budget "extraordinarily conservative." But he issued four line-item vetoes that he said were "necessary to honor our commitment to fiscal restraint." ...

Gov. Jim Pillen’s office apparently delivered the budget vetoes to the Secretary of State’s office — the process after bills are signed into law — rather than the clerk’s office.

Speaker John Arch of La Vista said Pillen submitted his vetoes too late, meaning that state senators have to move forward with the budget as-is.

Lawmakers approved Nebraska’s $11 billion mainline budget for the next two years Thursday, leaving themselves with $1.1 ...