Nebraska legislature begins debate on major property tax/school funding bill

Nebraska legislature begins debate on major property tax/school funding bill

The Nebraska legislature began debate this morning on LB 974, a bill to give relief to property taxpayers and reform school funding by providing more state aid to schools.

The sponsor of the bill, Revenue Committee chair Lou Ann

Linehan of Elkhorn, said Nebraska farmers need property tax relief.

“We can’t break the back of agriculture in this state

with property taxes,” Linehan said. “I have a lot of farmers in my district.

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