Issues
March 25, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Labor, Education & Pensions
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Illinois with fraud for misrepresenting the fiscal health of its public pension system. For years, the Midwestern state had been hoodwinking municipal bond investors into believing that it had been properly funding its public servants’ retirement plans when, in reality, the state has a long history of [...]
March 20, 2013 JBanking & Financial Services, Legislative Session
From our friends at the Lincoln Independent Business Association (LIBA) Dear Senators, Two months ago, the Lincoln Independent Business Association (LIBA) wrote a letter to Senator Mello in an effort to improve LB 97 by reducing the inherit conflict between the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act and private business. LIBA opposed the Act in 2012, [...]
March 20, 2013 JTaxes, Legislative Session
Statement of Support for LB 558 March 20, 2013 Chairman Hadley [...]
March 19, 2013 JTaxes, Health Care & Entitlements
We want to invite you to an event in Norfolk coming up this Thursday, March 21st. There’s a lot of talk about Medicaid expansion and the hundreds of millions it will cost Nebraska’s taxpayers (i.e. you). And there’s a lot of talk about tax reform and what that means for your income tax – and [...]
March 19, 2013 JTaxes, Legislative Session
Statement of Support for LB 266 Feb. 27, 2013 Chairman Hadley and Members of the [...]