Each week a KLIN host will sit down with Lincoln Independent Business Association President and CEO, Bud Synhorst, to discuss timely and relevant information going on in Lincoln and how it affects you as a business owner and community member.
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 Jim Pillen Seeking 2nd Term ** Legislative Vetos Withdrawn ** Legislature Activities ** DEEP DIVE: Downtown Lincoln Library Plans Announced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
Trump Transition Appointments ** Governor Pillen's Priority Legislative List ** Lancaster County Solar Project
Election Results ** Trump Appointments ** Ballot Initiatives ** Shop Local for the Holidays
LES Rate Increase Approved ** Texas Court Vacates Dept of Labor Overtime Rule ** LIBA Calendar and Update ** DEEP DIVE: Guest Ansley Fellers, Executive Director of the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association discusses the Paid Sick Leave Initiative recently passed by Nebraska voters
Still Counting Ballots ** Look Ahead to 2025 Legislative Session ** The Board of Educational Land and Funds ** LIBA Update
LIBA PAC Chair Phil Young, LIBA Policy and Research Coordinator Carter Thiel and KLIN's Mark Vail Discuss the 2024 General Election Results and more
Election Thoughts and Observations ** Proposed Medical Clinic at 70th & Nebraska Parkway ** Will Lincoln City Council Members Have Aides?
Election 2024: Vice-President Harris Townhall ** Any October Surprise? ** Trump event at a McDonald's ** And More
NE Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights ** Electoral College ** Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Structure ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Storm Water Bond Proposal
LIBA Calendar of Events ** DEEP DIVE: Details on the Ballot Initiatives and Constitutional Amendments with the Chair of the Lancaster County Republican Committee Jack Riggins.
Election Discussions: VP Debate ** Longshorman's Strike ** Hurricane Helene Relief ** LIBA Calendar
Winner Take All ** Election Topics: Immigration, Drugs, Voter Registration, Non-Citizen Voter Registration, Absentee Ballots, Medical Marijuana, Fentanyl and other Illegal Drugs
Omaha Eppley Airport Upgrade Includes a Couple of Lincoln-Based Businesses ** Nebraska Property Tax Credits ** Winner Take All
Presidential Debate Thoughts ** Property Tax Relief - 'Maybe' ** LIBA Lunch ** DEEP DIVE: Foreign Ownership of US/Nebraska Land
Lancaster County 2024-2025 Budget ** Real or Fake News? ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Pays Millions to Settle Employee Lawsuits
Lincoln Airport Authority Levy Increase Approved ** Restoring Voting Rights to Felons After Completing Sentences ** Alternative Energy-Specifically Wind and Local Zoning ** More Thoughts on the recent Nebraska Legislature Special Session
NE Statewide Workforce Report ** DEEP DIVE: Reviewing the 2024 Nebraska Unicameral Special Session
A Review of the Unicameral Special Session - So Far ** Paid Sick Leave On The Ballot ** LIBA Events ** DEEP DIVE: Liz Davids, Candidate for Nebraska State Board of Education District 1
Harris-Walz ** Aviation Fuel Plant in NE ** DEEP DIVE: Property Tax Relief Proposals
Special Legislative Session - A Review of 'So Far in the Session' ** LIBA Update
Pres Joe Biden Drops Out-VP Kamala Harris Presumptive Nominee ** DEEP DIVE: Nebraska Legislature Special Session for Property Tax Relief
Nebraska Property Tax Reform Plan Proposal and More
Travis FIling, LIBA Pres & CEO is joined by Phil Young, LIBA PAC Chair. Discussion includes: Presidential Politics ** The Debate Performance ** DEEP DIVE: LIBA PAC Endorsements
Biden v Trump Debate ** Lincoln Downtown Corridors Project ** LIBA Update ** DEEP DIVE: The SAVE Act - Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
Another Lawsuit Against LPD ** Gov Pillen Special Session Info ** DEEP DIVE: Budget Increases by Lincoln, Lancaster County, Lincoln Airport Authority and Property Valuation Increases
Unicameral Special Session ** Operation Lone Star ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Wind Turbines Coming Down
Hunter Biden Verdict ** Bracing for Overtime Pay Exemption Changes ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln-Best City In America to be a Renter - Forbes
Property Valuations ** Trump Verdict ** KEEP DIVE: Extended Interview with Carson Schott, CEO of the 1890 Initiative