I was not shocked, just disappointed when Governor Jim Pillen announced that he was going to reduce Nebraska’s collective property taxes by $2 billion this year, somehow.
Imagine that. In a short session in what also happens to be an election year, but without a specific plan, the first-term Republican is going to achieve a 40 percent property tax reduction in a single year. “I’m committed. I’m all in.The problem has to be solved,” he said.
As he has before, he talked again about a hard cap on local government spending and a broader sales tax base. But he has backed off an earlier bomb he dropped when he suggested the state sales tax rate would climb 2 cents to 7.5 cents, the highest in the nation.
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