Inside Nebraska’s budget: How policy proposals impacted state budget bills past and present

Inside Nebraska’s budget: How policy proposals impacted state budget bills past and present

Speaker John Arch of La Vista, right, meets with State Sens. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln and Tom Brandt of Plymouth on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. March 30, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — Nebraska’s 60-day legislative session made history this year as the latest lawmakers had ever passed the state’s budget adjustments, on Day 54. The normal deadline to finalize the budget is Day 50. The budget bills were held up — not…