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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts; All of State Government Needs to Feel Budget Cuts

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts; All of State Government Needs to Feel Budget Cuts

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As the Nebraska legislature begins the battle over the budget, Governor Pete Rickets says every agency will see some cuts………

Ricketts says he already went through his part of state government……

Ricketts says there are some priorities the legislature will have to take into account…..

The legislature is expected to debate the budget for most of the next two weeks.
Lawmakers have to fill in a nine hundred million dollar gap in the two year budget.

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