Environmental Trust funds sought to help solve governor's budget woes

There are ways to change state policies, and there are other ways to change state policies.

Which brings us to the "death by a thousand cuts" of the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

The Trust was created back in 1992, when Nebraska voters decided to join a growing number of states launched state lotteries to generate extra revenue.

(That seems like centuries ago, before casinos were in every big city, and before you could lose a paycheck in an afternoon at a "skill game" in your local tavern. It was also long before we could bet on random stuff like whether President Trump mentions "the Supreme C...