Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is proposing a merger of the Division of Veterans Homes into the Department of Veteran Affairs..

Ricketts says the merger should save 1-point-4 Million dollars. It must be approved by the Unicameral.
State Veterans’ Affairs Director John Hilgert says workers in the division will see no changes once it becomes a part of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. . .

Hilgert says the change will better focus the state on serving veterans. It The division is now in the Department of Health and Human Services’.