J.L. Schmidt has been covering Nebraska government and politics since 1979. He has been a registered Independent for more than 20 years.
I was not shocked, just disappointed when Governor Jim Pillen announced that he was going to reduce Nebraska’s collective property taxes by $2 billion this year, somehow.
Imagine that. In a short session in what also happens to be an election year, but without a specific plan, the first-term Republican is going to achieve a 40 percent property tax reduction in a single year. “I’m committed. I’m all…