Fiscal problems demand attention

 
BY STATE SEN. TOM IVESTER
Published: April 27, 2009

The agenda setters at NE 23 and Lincoln are ignoring the state’s biggest problem.

The Legislature’s most important job is crafting the state’s budget. Operating state agencies and programs takes money, and each group wants and needs its piece of the pie.

But what do you do when the pie is smaller than it was a year ago? Apparently, if you’re the Legislature’s leadership, you put off d...


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