Session Review: Appropriations
Senators passed a $7.8 billion, two-year budget package this session. Budget growth in the Appropriations Committee’s proposal is 5.7 percent
Read MoreSenators passed a $7.8 billion, two-year budget package this session. Budget growth in the Appropriations Committee’s proposal is 5.7 percent
Read MoreSenators passed a resolution May 30 that establishes the Tax Modernization Committee to review and recommend updates to Nebraska’s tax
Read MoreThe Executive Board met March 21 and appointed senators to the Children’s Behavioral Health Oversight Committee. The committee was created
Read MoreLawmakers made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget with four bills passed this session. LB968, introduced by Norfolk Sen. Mike
Read MoreAfter starting the calendar year with a $987 million budget shortfall, lawmakers balanced the budget in large part due to
Read MoreMembers of the Legislature’s Executive Board heard testimony Feb. 17 on resolutions that would continue the work of two select
Read MoreThe Appropriations Committee spent the 2010 session looking for ways to reduce the state’s budget for fiscal years 2009-11. Adjustments
Read MoreThe Appropriations Committee heard joint testimony July 30 on two bills intended to help fund the governor’s property tax relief proposal.
Read MoreLawmakers gave final approval March 25 to the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
Read MoreLawmakers gave second-round approval March 19 to two bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
Read MoreLawmakers advanced two bills this week comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package as several senators indicated that substantive amendments will be offered on the next round of debate.
Read MoreA bill that would direct millions in federal ARPA funds toward tackling the state’s affordable housing shortage was considered by the Appropriations Committee Feb. 20.
Read MoreThe Appropriations Committee heard testimony Feb. 20 on a bill that seeks to repurpose unused federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide training and support opportunities for behavioral health students and professionals.
Read MoreThe Appropriations Committee heard testimony Feb. 6 on a proposal to provide millions in state dollars to fund private school scholarships.
Read MoreMid-biennium adjustments to the state’s budget were considered by the Appropriations Committee Jan. 30. The state budget is structured on a two-year basis, with the budget passed in odd-numbered years and adjustments made during legislative sessions held in even-numbered years.
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