As shortfall looms, Pillen installs allies on board originally designed to keep politics out of budget forecast
Pillen’s board shakeup, biggest in forecasting board’s history, includes appointment of two prominent former Republican lawmakers
Then-State Sens. Lou Ann Linehan, who represented a west Omaha area legislative district, and Tom Briese of Albion flank Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen as he signs into law the 2023 tax cut bills they each sponsored.Photo courtesy of the Governor's Office