LINCOLN — After tough fights to approve adjustments to Nebraska’s two-year budget in the state Legislature, Gov. Jim Pillen signed both budget bills without any vetoes.

Tuesday was the deadline for Pillen to file line-item vetoes on this year’s budget bills, Legislative Bills 1071 and 1072. Budget bills are the only type of legislation that the governor has the power to line-item veto, but Pillen bypassed his opportunity this session, allowing the budget to be finalized without objections. In a written statement, Pillen thanked lawmakers for their work “developing a fiscally conservative bipartisan budget.” The governor noted that the finalized budget package adopted 91% of Pillen’s initial budget recommendations.

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