Legislature passes slimmed-down property tax relief package and ends Nebraska special session • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN – Nebraska taxpayers will likely see a small increase in property tax relief on their tax returns next year, but much less relief than Gov. Jim Pillen requested. Bill No. 34which has passed 40-3 on the final day of…
Plan to cut property tax relief to ‘bare minimum’ advances with few changes in Nebraska Legislature • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN – The “absolute minimum” property tax relief plan in the Nebraska Legislature moved closer to passage Friday with minor changes as lawmakers rejected a proposed “compromise” for counties and municipalities. Bill No. 34 progressive 39-8 to a third and…
Nebraska lawmakers advance ‘bare minimum’ property tax package after months of preparation • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN – Months of preparation for a new property tax relief package were severely curtailed in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday before it moved forward with “bare minimum” provisions. Legislators Vote 34-11 end the debate about Bill No. 34and accepted…
Northeast’s latest property tax plan calls for adding sales taxes to over 70 additional goods and services • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN — Nebraska state lawmakers will formally debate a tax relief package Tuesday that includes considering eliminating nearly 70 sales tax exemptions to provide funds for property tax cuts. A month ago, a draft of a property tax law indicated…
Committee advances property tax relief plan in Nebraska Legislature
State Senator Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, chair of the Legislature’s Finance Committee, with Governor Jim Pillen and Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly, on August 5th.Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN (Nebraska Examiner) — The Nebraska Legislature’s Finance Committee on Monday rejected a…
Finance Committee advances Northeast property tax relief package; debate begins Tuesday • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature’s Finance Committee on Monday formally rejected a property tax relief plan that combines several proposals introduced in a special session of the state legislature. The Combo packagewhich Advanced 6-1is included in Bill No. 34The plan…
Nebraska Education Collaboration criticizes changes to property tax law
LINCOLN, Nebraska (KOLN) – The Nebraska Education Collaboration (NEC) has criticized proposed changes to the property tax law (LB 9), arguing that such changes to state school aid are reckless. The NEC claims that adjustments to the Local Effort Rate…
Education organizations and Senator Linehan disagree over Northeast school funding and property tax proposals • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN – Education organizations have joined the opposition to the Nebraska Legislature’s current bill that would reform the school funding model to provide property tax relief. Gov. Jim Pillen speaks with an attendee at a school board meeting in Kearney…
Nebraska Education Collaboration criticizes changes to property tax law
LINCOLN, Nebraska (KOLN) – The Nebraska Education Collaboration (NEC) has criticized proposed changes to the property tax law (LB 9), arguing that such changes to state school aid are reckless. The NEC claims that adjustments to the Local Effort Rate…
Existing “compensation aid” for schools could be most important property tax relief in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Nebraska (Nebraska Examiner) – A property tax relief proposal soon to be revised in the Nebraska Legislature calls for using an existing school aid formula to provide at least $1.8 billion to the state’s 244 school districts. This change…
