After years of increasing home values, no one loves property taxes, but they are how we fund our schools, counties, and “special districts” that fight fires, provide drinking water, maintain parks and libraries and more. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. put it over 100 years ago “Taxes are what we pay for
DENVER — Ahead of a special session for the Colorado state legislature, the state’s Commission on Property Tax reviewed several bill proposals set to be discussed. Governor Jared Polis called the special session earlier this month to address property tax relief. It will begin Monday at 10 a.m. The special session will address a pair
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska lawmakers took another step Friday toward passing a property tax relief plan in their special session. Senators voted 39-8 to advance Legislative Bill 34 to the final round of debate. The bill would cap the annual increase in local governments’ property tax collections at the inflation rate. SEE ALSO: Where
LINCOLN — Months of buildup for a new property tax relief-driven package was heavily narrowed in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday before being advanced with the “absolute minimum” provisions. Lawmakers voted 34-11 to end debate on Legislative Bill 34, accepting a “very skinnied-down,” “simple” version. Over the course of 24 hours, lawmakers pivoted through various tax
Colorado policymakers faced growing calls Monday for a special session on property taxes — for the second time in less than a year — to cut taxes even more and head off a pair of ballot initiatives that opponents warn would be disastrous for government budgets and services. Talk of a potential deal with the
LINCOLN — Education organizations have joined opposition to the Nebraska Legislature’s current draft plan to reform a school funding model in pursuit of property tax relief. Gov. Jim Pillen speaks to an attendee of a school administrators conference in Kearney on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) The Education Collaboration — representing teachers, administrators,
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – A group of state senators will hold a public forum here Sunday ahead of an expected special session next week. The community meetings will be held in Omaha and Lincoln, which weren’t stops on Gov. Jim Pillen’s tax plan town hall tour across the state this summer — though he did
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Gov. Jim Pillen sent a letter to Speaker of the Legislature John Arch Tuesday, announcing his intent to call senators back into session starting July 25 to address the state’s property tax crisis. Pillen had previously announced a special session would take place July 26 – Aug. 15, but only in
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen gave a timeline for when a special session on property taxes may take place.In his column, Pillen told any state senator to clear their schedule from July 26 to Aug. 15 — “we have the people’s work to do.”What is a special session? What can be discussed during one? Everything you
PLATTSMOUTH, Nebraska — Nearly half a year after saying he didn’t “believe in welfare,” Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says the state will accept as many federal dollars as possible. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood discuss state investments in public education. July 26, 2023. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) Pillen’s latest directive to