Pioneer Brief: Pillen eyes 2028 ballot on property taxes
Property taxes and development incentives are moving back to the center as the post-election Legislature takes shape. Pillen set a 2028 ballot backstop, the speaker race widened, and lawmakers
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Property taxes and development incentives are moving back to the center as the post-election Legislature takes shape. Pillen set a 2028 ballot backstop, the speaker race widened, and lawmakers
With the election mostly settled, attention is shifting to pressure on health care and manufacturing jobs. Hospitals are pressing Congress on Medicaid, a Pawnee City plant is cutting 93 jobs,
Final unofficial counts point to a Legislature without a 33-vote Republican bloc, a reopened speaker race, Flood's narrow 1st District win, and Democratic gains in Douglas and
Nebraska Republicans held the Senate seat and the governor's office, while Democrats flipped the 2nd District. The 1st District remained uncalled early Wednesday, and unofficial legislative returns put
Nebraskans vote today in races for U.S. Senate, Congress, governor, the Legislature and four ballot measures, as candidates close out campaigns and lawmakers absorb a larger projected budget gap.
This Week in One View Friday's revenue forecast held the current deficit steady but widened the gap for the next two-year budget to about $1.2 billion.
A revenue forecast that does little to close Nebraska's budget gap leads today's brief, alongside the AG's review of a no-bid contract, record
A completed police investigation into a state no-bid contract leads today's brief, alongside shifting outside spending in Nebraska's House races, corn growers' questions about
A leadership change at Omaha's public power district leads today's brief, alongside the local approvals still needed for a federally backed ammonia plant, the UNL chancellor
A federal disaster request for southeast Nebraska flooding leads today's brief, alongside Omaha's approval of a downtown stadium deal, a rail merger debate in the Senate
With one week until Election Day, new reporting traces the money behind Lincoln's charter amendments, while ratings shifts and a closely watched Sarpy County legislative race sharpen attention
This Week in One View The state's revenue forecast arrives Friday, and the options debate has started before the number is known. A school finance commission sent recommendations