OPINION: Property taxpayers should pay attention this year

By: Tom Briese

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: February 1, 2026

Words: 705

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Rural Nebraska must stay vigilant to happenings in Lincoln. Without vigilance, there will be efforts to throw some of us under the bus. One such effort in the Nebraska Legislature could be Legislative Bill 1038.

LB 1038 seeks to drive down property taxes in higher levy school districts by increasing state funding of those schools. Unfortunately, as introduced, it would accomplish this by stripping Nebraskans of two key property tax credit programs and impose huge …

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