Host Intro: The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee continued wading through Gov. Jim Pillen’s proposed budget cuts today/Tuesday, as the special session on property taxes continues.

Current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that Minnesota Governor and Native Nebraskan Tim Walz will be her running mate in 2024. Walz was born in West Point, Nebraska, and has lived in Valentine, Butte, Chadron and Alliance. Walz taught at Alliance High School and coached their football and basketball teams before moving to Minnesota in 1996.

For the first time ever, Nebraska’s largest city has an operational casino. The Warhorse Omaha Casino held its ribbon cutting Tuesday at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha.

The Revenue Committee is considering a new version of Gov. Jim Pillen's proposal to reduce property taxes.

Nebraska’s Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly led a ten-day trade mission of the state’s business and agriculture leaders to Indonesia in late July. The delegation met with Indonesian chefs, business executives and university researchers to market Nebraska products and build stronger trading ties. Sherry Vinton, the Director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, called the trip a "rousing success."

Nebraska legislative committees heard proposals Friday to legalize marijuana and provide state aid to cities to reduce property taxes.

Drones flying over Midwestern fields are likely to become a more typical sight. Farmers are finding that the remotely piloted aircraft can do everything from spraying fields to monitoring livestock.

Getting a new farm bill across the finish line in 2024 is likely doomed against a ticking clock, hot-button issues and election year politics.

The Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee discussed the idea, but not the details, of state takeover of school operating costs on Thursday.

Proposals to allow online sports betting from anywhere in Nebraska, and to allow the Legislature to ask voters to legalize it this November, were heard Wednesday in the Legislature’s special session.