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Nebraska Lawmaker Looks Ahead to the 2021 Session

Nebraska Lawmaker Looks Ahead to the 2021 Session

Senator Tim Gragert Photo: WNAX


Nebraska lawmakers have a short break between their extended session that wrapped up in July and the start of the 2021 session in January.

District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says many of the same issues will return…

Gragert says a bill to cut taxes on retirement benefits is critical…

While a compromise was reached this year on property tax relief, school funding reform was left behind. Gragert says that will also be back..

Several committees are meeting this fall. The 2021 session is scheduled to start on January 6th.

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