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Nebraska Legislative Session Down to Last Few Days

Nebraska Legislative Session Down to Last Few Days

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The Nebraska legislature is down to the last few days of the session.
Senators were unable to come to any agreement on a property tax reduction plan.
District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says the discussion will continue….

The main property tax reduction bill, LB289 couldn’t get enough votes to stand up to a threatened veto from Governor Pete Ricketts. Gragert says he expects it to come back in the 2020 session….

Gragert says it’s tough to explain to the people in his district…

A petition drive is underway to put a different property tax cut on the 2020 ballot.

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