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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Makes More Budget Cuts

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Makes More Budget Cuts

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has made further cuts to the budget passed last week by the Unicameral. He cut eleven million dollars last week.
Ricketts says the legislature didn’t make a sincere attempt with their budget bill….

Ricketts says the cuts will bring the budget in line with tax revenue…..

Ricketts says most state agencies will feel the cuts…..

Ricketts says the university system; state colleges and community colleges are included in the cuts. He says the corrections system is exempt from the roll back.

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