Gov. Jim Pillen made a personal pitch for key pieces of his tax package at a series of public hearings Wednesday and Thursday. Appearing before the Revenue Committee, the first-year governor argued [...]
Gov. Jim Pillen told the Legislature's Revenue Committee on Thursday that sharp reductions in the state's individual and corporate income tax rates are "needed to make Nebraska more competitive." And those tax [...]
The lead sponsor of Gov. Jim Pillen’s proposal to cut state income taxes fended off doubts Thursday that such a $1.5 billion reduction in state revenue was affordable and wouldn’t harm state [...]
Will lowering income taxes keep and attract people to Nebraska? That was among questions raised at a public hearing Thursday that considered Gov. Jim Pillen’s tax proposals. Thursday’s Revenue Committee hearing focused [...]
Major tax cuts - backed by the Governor Jim Pillen – were up for a hearing in the Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee on Thursday. State Senator Lou Ann Linehan defended her bill [...]
Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to flatten Nebraska’s income tax rates could save money for at least half of the state’s tax filers but leave out the rest. His proposal would cut the [...]
Specifically citing wide disparities within the criminal and juvenile justice system, Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha on Friday urged the Legislature's Executive Board to support a bill that would require an examination [...]
Gov. Jim Pillen's proposed budget would be transformational for school funding and provide substantial property and income tax relief for Nebraskans, state senators said. But some lawmakers also expressed concerns about the [...]
Governor Pillen highlighted several of his goals in the biennium $5.5 billion budget address today. He says his overall goal is to shrink the size of state government. He said the governor’s [...]
How much money does the State of Nebraska have to spend this year. Gov. Jim Pillen says its more, much more, than anyone ever expected. And Pillen's ready to spend, although he [...]