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Lincoln Journal Star on April 18: Nebraska Gov. Pillen will call special session after lawmakers kill property tax package

After praising Nebraska lawmakers for their accomplishments during this year’s legislative session, Gov. Jim Pillen repeatedly derided the Legislature’s “failure to act” on property tax relief and pledged to call “as many sessions as it takes” for lawmakers to deliver reduced property taxes this year. Read more from Lincoln Journal

Nebraska Examiner on April 18: Stunning last-minute defeat for Pillen tax shift bill likely ensures special session

Gov. Jim Pillen’s much-amended plan to raise sales taxes to decrease local property taxes went down in flames Thursday, the final day of the 2024 state legislative session. It was a stunning defeat for the idea of raising some taxes to reduce others, and it almost assuredly guarantees that state

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Lincoln Journal Star on April 18: Nebraska Gov. Pillen will call special session after lawmakers kill property tax package

After praising Nebraska lawmakers for their accomplishments during this year’s legislative session, Gov. Jim Pillen repeatedly derided the Legislature’s “failure to act” on property tax relief and pledged to call “as many sessions as it takes” for lawmakers to deliver reduced property taxes this year. Read more from Lincoln Journal