A preliminary budget has been released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee...with a few sizeable disagreements with the governor
A preliminary budget has been released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee...with a few sizeable disagreements with the governor.
Appropriations Committee Chairman Heath Mello of Omaha says the committee isn't convinced the University of Nebraska system should get the increase the governor has proposed in an exchange for a promise not to increase tuition. . .
Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha, Appropriations Cmte Chairman; "in discussion"
The committee also includes a 97-Million dollar payment to the state retirement system the governor's budget left out...and includes money to reduce the waiting list for services to developmental disabled children. The legislature also has not included a 47-Million dollar transfer from cash reserves to build a veterans home in central Nebraska.
A preliminary budget has been released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee...and that budget differs in some significant aspects from the governor's budget.
Committee chairman, Senator Heath Mello of Omaha, says his committee disagrees with the governor's estimate of how much it will cost Nebraska to implement the federal health care law. . .
Mello; "regards of the implementation"
The committee hasn't committed as much money to the University of Nebraska system. According to Mello, committee members want to hear more about the deal Governor Heineman struck with the university to freeze tuition for the coming year.
A preliminary budget released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee differs from the proposal released earlier by Governor Heineman.
The committee has appropriated less money for the University of Nebraska system than the governor. Committee chairman Heath Mello of Omaha says the committee wants to hear move about the deal the governor struck with the university to freeze tuition rates.
The committee also hasn't included the 47-Million dollars the governor requested to build a new veterans home in central Nebraska. . .
Mello; "would be at"
Mello calls the preliminary budget released by his office a first step moving forward in the legislature's budget process.
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