GRAND ISLAND, Neb — Gov. Jim Pillen says there’s more work to do on property taxes and he plans to tackle it in the next regular session, after a special session made only modest changes. Pilllen visited the Nebraska State Fair on Friday, where the hog farmer saw how kids are learning about agriculture.
“Our kids are our future, never give up on kids. The future of agriculture is our kids. From all walks of life, every urban setting and every community the more they know from germination and conception to when it gets to the grocery sore and our kitchen table is a really big deal,” Pillen said.
He stressed his vision for the bioeconomy, using agriculture as the building blocks of what the petroleum industry currently provides.
“These are not jobs there are extraordinary careers for our kids. The new economy is the bioeconomy and Nebraska’s the epicenter of it,” he said.
The fair starts the same week the special session on tax relief ends. The legislature put more money into an existing property tax credit program and placed new lids on local cities and counties.
It’s far short of what Pillen had been pushing for. He said 45 percent of Nebraskans have not received the tax credits and will gt a 20 percent cut. He said the new caps will have a “gigantic” impact but agreed more work needs to be done.
“There’s no question we need more. We made a couple steps but this is a long game. We’ve completed some passes and made some first downs but we need to win the game. We’ve got to get all of agriculture on the same page. We got fractured,” he said.
Pillen previously said he’d call on lawmakers to work every day until Christmas but now said it’s “crystal clear” not everyone is on board with his vision.
The governor faced push back by some conservatives who said the plan was a tax shift and did not make foundational changes.
“We’ve got to have a new team, we’ll get there,” he said, saying he will wait until term limits bring a new class of lawmakers in January.
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