Budget cuts on path to approval

LINCOLN (AP) — More budget cuts to many state agencies are on their way to final approval in Nebraska.

Lawmakers on Thursday gave second-round approval to bills that would cut the budgets of most state agencies by 2 percent. Public-safety programs and agencies would not be cut and neither would several health-related programs, including Medicaid.

Changes are needed because the state faces a roughly $45 million budget hole in the current, two-year budget.

The hole is created because state tax revenue has been lower than projected and spending on K-12 schools is growing.

Besides agency budget cuts, the plan to fill the budget gap includes taking $3 million from the state’s rainy-day fund.

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