Governor Pete Ricketts insists his administration can handle budget cuts and still deliver the services Nebraskans need.
Ricketts cut the budget where the legislature refused to go: the pool of money available to pay Medicaid providers.
Ricketts says the cut has been mis-characterized. . .
Ricketts used his line-item veto power to carve 56-and-a-half Million dollars from the budget approved by the legislature.
The governor says the budget cuts won’t hold the state back
Ricketts says Nebraska has seen a number of large companies invest in the state even as the state struggles with falling tax revenue.
