Zach Wendling
Reporting Intern at Nebraska Examiner
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1 day ago |
metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers gave second-round approval Monday to a series of budget bills for the next two years, moving one stage away from closing a projected deficit of more than half-a-billion dollars. The mainline budget bills, Legislative Bills 261 and 264, dominated debate Monday with a handful of changes.
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2 days ago |
news-journal.com | Zach Wendling
State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, chair of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee. May 12, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers gave second-round approval Monday to a series of budget bills for the next two years, moving one stage away from closing a projected deficit of more than half-a-billion dollars. The mainline budget bills, Legislative Bills 261 and 264, dominated debate Monday with a handful of changes.
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2 days ago |
yahoo.com | Zach Wendling
State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, chair of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee. May 12, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers gave second-round approval Monday to a series of budget bills for the next two years, moving one stage away from closing a projected deficit of more than half-a-billion dollars. The mainline budget bills, Legislative Bills 261 and 264, dominated debate Monday with a handful of changes.
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6 days ago |
omahadailyrecord.com | Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — It’s crunch time for state lawmakers to rightsize Nebraska’s budget, by no later than May 15. Senators since November are considering a nearly $850 million combined in new revenue streams, cuts to state spending and scrounging for loose cash funds in the state’s couch cushions.
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1 week ago |
omahadailyrecord.com | Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — One state lawmaker’s continued efforts to boost benefits for Nebraska State Patrol troopers, a largely consensus issue, ignited a rare fight among legislative allies. The fight flared up last week in the Nebraska Legislature after State Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln and his ally, State Sen. Beau Ballard of Lincoln, struck a deal to add a proposal to increase survivors’ benefits in the case of a trooper’s death from 75% up to 100%.
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