Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts calls the just-concluded legislative session a success, despite the failure of his top priority:  tax relief.

Ricketts praised the legislature during his end-of-the-session speech, reminding them the state budget was likely the most important work they did. . .

Ricketts says the biggest success was dealing with a revenue shortfall in the current budget, which laid the foundation for approval of the next two-year budget. . .

Legislators first shored up the current state budget, then went to work on the next two-year, 9(B)Billion dollar state budget.

The legislature sustained Ricketts’ 56-and-a-half million dollars in line-item budget vetoes.