Legislature appropriates $1 billion in COVID-19 relief funds
The Nebraska legislature has appropriated the state's share of federal COVID-19 relief money.
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The Nebraska legislature has appropriated the state's share of federal COVID-19 relief money.
Criminal justice reform measure stalls
Gov. Pete Ricketts cut more than $100 million out of the state budget Monday, targeting payments for providers who care for vulnerable Nebraskans, affordable urban housing and prison programs.
The measure would provide $900 million of cuts in income, corporate, property and social security benefit taxes when fully implemented.
LB873 would ratchet down the state’s top income tax rates for corporations and individuals, expand income tax credits for property taxpayers and phase out income taxes on Social Security benefits.