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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.

Mark Vail


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
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    • 152 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Lincoln Business Beat

    Lincoln Business Beat May 30, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 27:48


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 Jim Pillen Seeking 2nd Term ** Legislative Vetos Withdrawn ** Legislature Activities ** DEEP DIVE: Downtown Lincoln Library Plans Announced

    Lincoln Business Beat May 16, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 29:47


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

    Lincoln Business Beat May 9, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 31:28


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat May 2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 22:59


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

    Lincoln Business Beat April 25, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 23:48


    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 Business Beat March 18, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 15:18


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

    Lincoln Business Beat March 11, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 27:53


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

    Lincoln Business Beat April 4, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 31:15


    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)

    Lincoln Business Beat March 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 7:50


    From the 2025 LIBA Free Enterprise Celebration

    Lincoln Business Beat March 21, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 12:55


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

    Lincoln Business Beat March 14, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 34:15


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat March 7, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 30:44


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

    Lincoln Business Beat February 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 30:25


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

    Lincoln Business Beat February 21, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 32:46


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat February 14, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 35:55


    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 Business Beat February 7, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 33:58


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

    Lincoln Business Beat January 31, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 26:37


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

    Lincoln Business Beat January 24, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 34:32


    Nebraska Legislation Introduced ** Trump 2.0 Actions and Executive Orders

    Lincoln Business Beat January 17, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 40:54


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat January 10, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 32:00


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

    Lincoln Business Beat January 3, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 27:03


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat December 27, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 28:33


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

    Lincoln Business Beat December 20, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 30:08


    D.C. Congressional Chaos ** LPS Superintendent Retiring

    Lincoln Business Beat December 13, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 24:05


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat December 6, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 25:34


    Trump Transition Appointments ** Governor Pillen's Priority Legislative List ** Lancaster County Solar Project

    Lincoln Business Beat November 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 34:28


    Election Results ** Trump Appointments ** Ballot Initiatives ** Shop Local for the Holidays

    Lincoln Business Beat 11-22-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 31:48


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat November 15, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 30:53


    Still Counting Ballots ** Look Ahead to 2025 Legislative Session ** The Board of Educational Land and Funds ** LIBA Update

    Lincoln Business Beat November 8, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 54:32


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat November 1, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 37:03


    Election Thoughts and Observations ** Proposed Medical Clinic at 70th & Nebraska Parkway ** Will Lincoln City Council Members Have Aides?

    Lincoln Business Beat October 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 21:19


    Election 2024: Vice-President Harris Townhall ** Any October Surprise? ** Trump event at a McDonald's ** And More

    Lincoln Business Beat October 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 29:58


    NE Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights ** Electoral College ** Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Structure ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Storm Water Bond Proposal

    Lincoln Business Beat October 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 46:03


    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.

    Lincoln Business Beat October 4, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 29:25


    Election Discussions: VP Debate ** Longshorman's Strike ** Hurricane Helene Relief ** LIBA Calendar

    Lincoln Business Beat September 27, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 30:16


    Winner Take All ** Election Topics: Immigration, Drugs, Voter Registration, Non-Citizen Voter Registration, Absentee Ballots, Medical Marijuana, Fentanyl and other Illegal Drugs

    Lincoln Business Beat September 20, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 29:07


    Omaha Eppley Airport Upgrade Includes a Couple of Lincoln-Based Businesses ** Nebraska Property Tax Credits ** Winner Take All

    Lincoln Business Beat September 13, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 25:15


    Presidential Debate Thoughts ** Property Tax Relief - 'Maybe' ** LIBA Lunch ** DEEP DIVE: Foreign Ownership of US/Nebraska Land

    Lincoln Business Beat September 6, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 25:36


    Lancaster County 2024-2025 Budget ** Real or Fake News? ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Pays Millions to Settle Employee Lawsuits

    Lincoln Business Beat August 30, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 33:18


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat August 23, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 37:55


    NE Statewide Workforce Report ** DEEP DIVE: Reviewing the 2024 Nebraska Unicameral Special Session

    Lincoln Business Beat August 16, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 30:02


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat August 9, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 29:57


    Harris-Walz ** Aviation Fuel Plant in NE ** DEEP DIVE: Property Tax Relief Proposals

    Lincoln Business Beat August 2, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 26:44


    Special Legislative Session - A Review of 'So Far in the Session' ** LIBA Update

    Lincoln Business Beat July 26, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 31:17


    Pres Joe Biden Drops Out-VP Kamala Harris Presumptive Nominee ** DEEP DIVE: Nebraska Legislature Special Session for Property Tax Relief

    Lincoln Business Beat July 19, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 33:29


    Nebraska Property Tax Reform Plan Proposal and More

    Lincoln Business Beat July 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 43:25


    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

    Lincoln Business Beat July 5, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 26:40


    Biden v Trump Debate ** Lincoln Downtown Corridors Project ** LIBA Update ** DEEP DIVE: The SAVE Act - Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

    Lincoln Business Beat June 28, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 25:26


    Another Lawsuit Against LPD ** Gov Pillen Special Session Info ** DEEP DIVE: Budget Increases by Lincoln, Lancaster County, Lincoln Airport Authority and Property Valuation Increases

    Lincoln Business Beat June 21, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 19:20


    Unicameral Special Session ** Operation Lone Star ** LIBA Calendar ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln Wind Turbines Coming Down

    Lincoln Business Beat June 14, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 25:30


    Hunter Biden Verdict ** Bracing for Overtime Pay Exemption Changes ** DEEP DIVE: Lincoln-Best City In America to be a Renter - Forbes

    Lincoln Business Beat June 7, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 36:37


    Property Valuations ** Trump Verdict ** KEEP DIVE: Extended Interview with Carson Schott, CEO of the 1890 Initiative

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