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Nebraska Legislative Session Starts

Nebraska Legislative Session Starts

Senator Tim Gragert Photo: WNAX


Nebraska lawmakers are back in Lincoln for the start of the 2021 legislative session.

District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says they have a lot to get done….

November tax revenues were above the budget estimates and Gragert says that is a good place to start…

The Department of Corrections has proposed spending up to two hundred thirty million dollars on a new prison. Gragert says that will be a difficult issue….

The 2020 Census numbers will be used to draw new legislative districts. Gragert says that could also be a controversial issue, especially for rural Senators.

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