Citing a need to preserve state funds for tax cuts, Gov. Pete Ricketts wielded his veto pen Monday, reducing general fund expenditures by nearly $52 million.
“My vetoes will ensure that Nebraska is poised to provide top-notch government services while keeping tax relief a possibility,” Ricketts said in a news release.
His cuts, he said, would reduce the growth in state expenditures to 4.8% in the 2022-23 fiscal year. The budget bill passed by the Nebraska Legislature raised that spending by 5.9%.
State Sen. John Stinner of Gering, who heads the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, said he was “very, very disappointed” in the governor’s vetoes.
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