Latest News from the Governor's Office
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced two director transitions, and thanked them for their service to the people of Nebraska.
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BEAVER CITY – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced Furnas County as the newest county in Nebraska to be designated a Livestock Friendly County (LFC). The Livestock Friendly County program is administered by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA). With the addition of Furnas County, located in south-central Nebraska, 46 of the state’s 93 counties are now designated as livestock friendly.
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The summer travel season is a busy time of the year for the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), our state’s premiere law enforcement agency. Nationally, millions of Americans take to the roads each summer to get away. Here in Nebraska, tourism is our third largest industry, drawing 20 million visitors annually according to the Nebraska Tourism Commission. Throughout the summer season and around the year, our troopers are busy working the roads. While this may be their most visible work, their job places very diverse demands on them. This summer, already, our great troopers have been relaying medicine across the state, taking drugs off the streets, and reaching out to communities.
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts and Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Colonel John Bolduc honored troopers for their work in relaying potentially live-saving medicine across the state in early June.
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that final state general fund tax receipts for Fiscal Year 2017-18 grew $62 million above projections. Overall, state revenues grew seven percent year-over-year.
