Nebraska Governo Ricketts signs budget bills with no line-item vetoes - JoANNE YOUNG and CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star

Gov. Pete Ricketts wasted no time in signing three major budget bills into law Wednesday, including cuts for the University of Nebraska of 2 percent this year and 1 percent for the year beginning July 1. With the governor’s signature, NU will receive $574.7 million in state funding for the 2018-19 school year, down from $580.5 million it was originally appropriated in the two-year budget approved by lawmakers in 2017. Ricketts had proposed cutting NU’s state funding by 4 percent in his budget adjustment plan released in January, but lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee said a cut that deep would have caused long-term harm to the institution. http://journalstar.com/legislature/ricketts-signs-budget-bills-with-no-line-item-vetoes/article_5b7b0715-3f7a-529f-9e4f-f7d229d5975b.html