Lincoln Business Beat

Lincoln City Library Director Ryan Wieber at June LIBA Luncheon Details Proposed Downtown Library Plans ** DEEP DIVE: A Discussion on How the Proposal Will Be Paid For

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 Jim Pillen Seeking 2nd Term ** Legislative Vetos Withdrawn ** Legislature Activities ** DEEP DIVE: Downtown Lincoln Library Plans Announced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

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