News Channel Nebraska on April 16: Open Sky on property taxes pay-for: Expand the sales tax base and cut the sales tax rate
The Nebraska Legislature calls it quits Thursday, leaving behind several questions. First and foremost, any further property tax cuts before the end of the year and if so how to pay for them. One idea now floating inside the Capitol [...]
Fair taxes are key to thriving communities
Today is Tax Day, the day when your income taxes are due. But today is also a reminder that those taxes pay for so many of the things that make our communities strong, from Chadron to Falls City and everywhere [...]
Omaha World Herald on April 14: Scaled-back property tax plan prompts special session speculation in Nebraska
Gov. Jim Pillen vowed to keep Nebraska lawmakers in Lincoln if they failed to cut property taxes 40% by the end of their regular session. “We are going to get to 40% if we have to have a session every [...]
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