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Defending the Rural Districts

Defending the Rural Districts

Senator Tim Gragert Photo: WNAX


Nebraska Senators will continue to introduce bills and hold floor sessions this week.

Senators will have to redraw their legislative districts this year using results of the 2020 Census. District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says he is concerned about that..

District 40 was greatly expanded in size following the 2010 Census. Gragert says that will happen again….

Gragert says he will have a few bills of his own this year…

The Nebraska session is scheduled to run into early June.

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