Lincoln Business Beat

2025 Unicameral Adjourns Sine Die ** Gov Pillen's Sine Die Address ** DEEP DIVE: Results Of Bills LIBA Had Interests In

Gov. Jim Pillen Seeking 2nd Term ** Legislative Vetos Withdrawn ** Legislature Activities ** DEEP DIVE: Downtown Lincoln Library Plans Announced

LES Mid-Year Rate Increase Proposed ** State Biennium Budget ** DEEP DIVE: Pivotal Week of Legislation

Legislature Debates the Biennium Budget ** Lancaster County Board of Commissioners Approves Downtown Lincoln Convention Center and Turnback Tax Application ** DEEP DIVE: May 6th Lincoln General Election

Balancing the Nebraska Budget ** Legislation Update ** LIBA Events ** DEEP DIVE: Chipping Away at the Inheritance Tax

Legislative Priority Bills Advance ** Status Update-Unicameral Activity on Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage ** DEEP DIVE: South Haymarket Moves Closer to Becoming a Historic Landmark District

Lincoln Gun Ban Case at the Nebraska Supreme Court ** Federal Employee Reductions Trigger Protests ** DEEP DIVE: Lancaster County Budget Issues and Hiring Freeze

Phil Young, LIBA PAC Chair Discusses Primary Election Results ** DEEP DIVE: Legislative Update

Unicameral-Some Priority Bills Won't Be Heard ** U of N Funding May Increase ** DEP DIVE: Ryan McIntosh, NFIB Nebraska Director joins LBB to Discuss LB-415 (Paid Sick Leave) and LB-258 (Minimum Wage)

From the 2025 LIBA Free Enterprise Celebration

LIBA PAC Endorsements ** Free Enterprise Celebration ** A Alternative to the 'Pink Postcard' - LB 683

LB 135- Remove Special School Bond Elections ** LIBA PAC Interviews Candidates ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: Source of Income Petition Drive-City Council Sends it to General Election Ballot

State Budget Deficit ** Federal Funding and Lincoln Projects ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: LB619 - Any Hope for the East Beltway?

Lancaster County HiringFreeze ** University of Nebraska Budget ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: LB415 and LB 258 - Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage

Lancaster County Mid-Year Budget Shortfall and Hiring Freeze ** LB 503 Green Energy Charge ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: Bills to Combat State Budget Deficit Discussed in Unicameral Hearings

LB116 from Senator Beau Ballard ** LB 384 from Senator Tanya Storer-Pink Postcard Revisions ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: LB 19 from Senator John Cavanaugh on Moving Omaha and Lincoln Election Cycles

Lincoln Fair Housing Ballot Initiative ** City Council Approves 'Lincoln On The Move' Ballot Proposal ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: LB 229-Employee or Independent Contractor

Trump Executive Orders ** Fed Grant for EV Chargers in Lincoln ** LBB 532 - Senator Kauth's Legislation to Deal with Undocumented Immigrants

Nebraska Legislation Introduced ** Trump 2.0 Actions and Executive Orders

LIBA President/CEO Travis Filing, LIBA Policy & Research Coordinator and KLIN's Mark Vail talk about proposed legislation being introduced at the 109th Session of the Nebraska Unicameral

Legislative Issues - A Lot To Work Through ** Lincoln and Lancaster County 2025 Projects

Governor Jim Pillen Recovering From Accident ** Minimum Wage Increase as of January 1st ** BOIR - The Latest ** SBA Loans in Nebraska ** Federal Grant to Nebraska Cooperative for Clean and Affordable Energy Efforts

Discussion on the Health Care Industry and Health Insurance Industry ** Look Ahead to 2025 Nebraska Legislative Session

D.C. Congressional Chaos ** LPS Superintendent Retiring

LIBA 2025 Legislative Priorities: Strengthen Nebraska's "Truth in Taxation" Law ** Maximizing Public Benefit from Gaming Revenues ** Control Property Tax Growth and Reduce Reliance on Property Taxes ** Secure Funding for the Construction of the East Beltway ** Improve Transparency of Local Governments' Budgeting