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Nebraska Senators Debating Property Tax Reform

Nebraska Senators Debating Property Tax Reform

Senator Tim Gragert Photo: WNAX


Nebraska lawmakers will continue to wrestle with property tax reform through this session.
Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says all the attention is on one bill..

The bill calls for a fifteen percent cut in property taxes over three years.
Gragert says it is a slow process..

There is a petition drive underway to force a vote on a thirty five percent cut in property taxes. Gragert says that may help force some action…

LB974 has been assigned to the Revenue Committee and has had a initial hearing. No further hearings have yet been scheduled.

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