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The legislature unanimously voted to confirm Bryan Waugh as the 19th Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol Thursday morning.
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.
The Nebraska Legislature rejected Gov. Jim Pillen's vetoes on budget because they were submitted too late, according to state law. The fate of medical marijuana is in question, especially since the ...
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 ...
The Nebraska Legislature, at least for now, has blanketly rejected four line-item budget vetoes Thursday from Gov. Jim Pillen ...
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.
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.
Gov. Jim Pillen line-item vetoed $14.5 million in general fund appropriations from Nebraska’s legislatively approved budget ...
Gov. Jim Pillen line-item vetoed $14.5 million in general fund appropriations from the legislatively approved budget for the ...
About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A controversial minimum wage bill in Nebraska, introduced by Senator Jane Raybould, will be reconsidered after failing to pass on its final reading. The bill, L ...
Pillen said the legislation solves the $432 million reported shortfall and honored the state's commitment to providing tax relief for Nebraskans.