Gov. Ricketts discusses outages, vaccines, taxes in update Wednesday morning Share Updated: 11:11 AM CST Feb 17, 2021 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 11:11 AM CST Feb 17, 2021
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Show Transcript go to store washing your hands often 20 seconds at a time, please. And again, one of the key things is make sure that if you have that fever that cough or if you ve lost sense of taste or smell that you stay home so that you don t spread the virus. Obviously, we want you to go get tested to make sure. But I know Nebraskans like to kind of power through when they get sick, but this is not the time to be able to do that. So please do that. And of course, you can take advantage of test Nebraska to be able to get tested. I actually got tested on Sunday and I got my test results back in less than eight hours. So we re generally getting those back in 24 to 48 hours. I think over the last seven or 14 days, we ve been doing it in about 1
On Thursday, January 14th I delivered my annual âState of the Stateâ address to the Nebraska Legislature. Even after back-to-back years of major challengesâhistoric floods in 2019 and a pandemic in 2020âI am pleased to report that the state of the state is strong. The work of Nebraskans everywhere has helped to meet these challenges with grit, tenacity, and determination.
As Senators begin this session, there are plenty of opportunities to make our state even stronger. This will require working together the Nebraska Way. This year, the Unicameral will work on the state budget for the next two years. The budget Iâve proposed controls spending by limiting the average growth rate to 1.5 percent. Within this framework, we can achieve several important priorities.
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