PILLEN WITHDRAWS LINE-ITEM BUDGET VETOES NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS SAID WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday withdrew his intended $14.5 million in general fund line-item vetoes to Nebraska’s next two-year budget, ending a possible constitutional dispute among the state’s three branches of government.

Pillen joined Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Speaker of the Legislature John Arch to announce an end to the short-lived line-item veto saga Tuesday. The line-item vetoes were first identified last Wednesday in a letter to the Legislature, but the actual budget bills with his marked-up objections were not filed with the Legislature until Thursday morning. 

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