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Pillen vetoes bill defining snow/ice removal, flood management as ‘emergency management’ duties

LINCOLN — Citing property tax concerns, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen issued his first veto of the year against a bill meant to explicitly include snow and ice removal and flood management as “emergency management” functions in state law. In a one-page letter returning Legislative Bill 1256, from State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha, Pillen argued […]

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