Nebraska lawmakers consider cutting unfunded local mandates to ease property tax burden
Nebraska’s property tax burden has a quiet culprit — state mandates that counties must fund without state dollars. Lawmakers are once again studying how these “unfunded mandates” add up, with counties saying they spend millions each year on state-required services like probation, courtroom security, and university extension programs. The intent, says Sen. Rick Holdcroft of Bellevue, is to bring more attention — and maybe reform — to how state decisions ripple down to local taxpayers. As one official put it, “Those pennies add up.” Erin Bamer with Nebraska Examiner has the full story.
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