Governor Jim Pillen
Governor Jim Pillen signed the 2025-2027 State Biennium Budget and issued line item vetos late Wednesday.
In a late night news release Pillen said he was disappointed that LB170 failed to pass, which would have provided additional property tax relief to Nebraskans and would have built on the work undertaken over the last two and a half years to provide relief.
Line item vetos included:
*Reducing the Supreme Court’s budget increase to mirror the rate of increase provided to the University of Nebraska
*Using existing agency funds to cover Fire Marshal salary and health insurance premium increases
*Reducing the additional appropriation provided to public health departments, thereby, bringing funding back to a pre-pandemic level
*Cutting an $18 million cash fund reappropriation for recreational upgrades at Lake McConaughy.
“As with all current decisions surrounding our state budget, as stewards of the public’s resources we must prioritize what is necessary over what would be nice to have,” Pillen says.
“We must be conservative in good times as well as during fiscally challenging times. Reducing spending is hard work, but Nebraskans expect us to exercise common sense and discretion in achieving a balanced, fair and operative budget.”
The Governor’s Letter is available here: 5-21-25 Pillen Budget Veto Letter