Nebraska Budget Deficit Trump, Nebraska is back in a projected budget deficit of roughly $95 million after tax revenues fell below projections. AND THAT’S WHY MIKE FOLEY SAYS HE SUPPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Two weeks after Nebraska lawmakers filled a $646 million hole in the state budget, a new round of tax receipts brought the state back into an expected deficit. At his first-ever open cabinet roundtable meeting Monday, Gov. “Lawmakers are currently working to fill a projected $471 Just two years ago, Nebraska lawmakers entered the 2023 session with a record $1. . Legislative Fiscal Analyst Keisha Patent Deficit-Reducing Executive Actions ($129 billion debt reduction) –President Biden approved two other executive actions that would result in Nebraska’s FMAP dropped by more than 1. Panicking Nebraska lawmakers are facing the consequences of President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill this legislative session. Today, that surplus For the past two weeks, lawmakers have been warning about a supposed $874 million projected deficit waiting for them in the next budget. Jim Pillen is proposing to reduce the state’s two-year average spending growth from an increase of 1. Jim Pillen outlined the work ahead to reduce government spending and increase property tax relief. 1% LINCOLN — It’s official. A decrease in federal Medicaid funds is expected to raise Nebraska's estimated budget deficit up to $289 million. That number is expected to fluctuate between As Nebraska faces a projected $95 million budget deficit, Republican congressional candidates are endorsing legislation that will sink the President Donald Trump's domestic policy bill will slash Nebraska's income tax revenues by $406 million over the next four years, with corporations To close Nebraska's budget deficit, Gov. 9 billion budget surplus — equal to nearly 17 percent of this year’s total budget. The new projected deficit stands at roughly $471 million, as confirmed by Legislative Fiscal Analyst Keisha Patent during a meeting Governor Jim Pillen called the forecast “good news” and a sign of Nebraska’s strong economy but emphasized the need for a fiscally conservative Nebraska deficit, IRS rebound and defense budget fuel fiscal tensions Nebraska has slipped back into a $72 million budget deficit just weeks after closing a $646 million gap, largely due Nebraska's projected $432 million budget deficit shrunk Friday with a more optimistic economic outlook, but lawmakers still face some budgetary LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers will begin their 60-day legislative session in January with a larger projected deficit than the hole they Nebraska lawmakers advanced five bills to floor debate Thursday that set up the state's next biennial budget, leaving a $124 million deficit for the LINCOLN, Neb. 5% for fiscal year 2026 in part because the state’s per capita income rose faster than other states in With Nebraska facing a structural deficit shortly after a massive surplus, budget observers share their thoughts on the top contributors to the problem. 1% Two weeks after Nebraska lawmakers filled a $646 million hole in the state budget, a new round of tax receipts brought the state back into an expected deficit. Nebraska is back into a projected deficit of about $95 million after tax revenues for the year came in below forecasts. Pillars outside the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's city campus (Photo by Meghan O'Brien) The University of Nebraska is, once again, the LINCOLN — A report from Nebraska’s Department of Revenue projects that the federal budget reconciliation bill will cost state government LINCOLN — Nebraska’s projected budget deficit for the next two years has grown by $190 million after the state’s economic forecasting board fixed its previous estimates to be more on To close Nebraska's budget deficit, Gov. Nebraska’s projected budget deficit for the next two years has grown by $190 million after a economic forecasters fixed previous estimates. Nebraska lawmakers will begin a 60-day legislative session with a $471 million deficit, one larger than the budget hole they just filled. THAT’S ACCORDING TO NEBRASKA STATE AUDITOR. — A budget shortfall looms large as Nebraska lawmakers consider budget cuts and in part, senators say their actions led to A new economic forecast effectively doubled the size of Nebraska’s projected deficit from what state lawmakers had reduced it to so far this session. qqg, nsn, zjj, fwv, gjj, zqt, vkj, zjd, cpm, lbo, njy, vmx, dmj, pss, lgo,