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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Addresses the Unicameral

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Addresses the Unicameral

Governor Pete Ricketts Photo: WNAX


Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts addressed the Unicameral on Friday, urging them to find compromises on some important issues. He said they laid the groundwork on property tax relief and business incentives earlier this year…

Ricketts says the tax forecast should help…

The forecasting board lowered tax estimates by about fifty million dollars, much less than was anticipated.

Ricketts says the speech was at an unusual time…

Speaker Jim Scheer adjourned the session early on Friday as some Senators were taking personal shots at each other.

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