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Nebraska Lawmakers Agree on Property Tax Fix Priority

Nebraska Lawmakers Agree on Property Tax Fix Priority

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Finding a way to cut property taxes seems to be the agreed-on issue for the Nebraska Unicameral this year.

District 40 freshman Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says there are several ideas floating around the legislature…

Several of the proposals call for increasing the tax on alcohol or expanding the state sales tax. Gragert says it will take some replacement revenue to cut property taxes…

Gragert says he expects bills to move rapidly…

Governor Pete Ricketts said he would oppose any plan that either shifts or increases other taxes to cut property taxes.

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