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Compromise Reached on Property Tax Relief

Compromise Reached on Property Tax Relief

Senator Tim Gragert Photo: WNAX


Nebraska lawmakers came back in July to finish their interrupted 2020 legislative session and found a compromise on property tax relief.

District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says it was a workable compromise….

Business incentives are part of the compromise. Gragert says rural areas of the state should see those too….

Gragert says they aren’t done with property tax reform…

Senators will be back in Lincoln for the 2021 session in just over three months.

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