With less than seven days until the end of the 109th Nebraska Legislative session, Gov. Jim Pillen has signed several bills into law.

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen plans to toss his party’s right flank some red meat next year before addressing the harder politics of closing Nebraska’s projected $432 million budget shortfall.

In his letter to the Legislature, the governor said Nebraska already has a ban that allows felons with less than three drug-related convictions who have completed an accredited treatment program ...