LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In a late night press release from Governor Jim Pillen’s Office, officials announced that he had ...

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen plans to toss his party’s right flank some red meat next year before addressing the harder politics of closing Nebraska’s projected $432 million budget shortfall.

Gov. Jim Pillen issued an immediate veto Wednesday on a bill that aimed to expand eligibility of SNAP benefits for Nebraskans with drug convictions.