Rhea Landholm, brand marketing and communications manager, rheal@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext 1025
PENDER, NEBRASKA—A community conversation about ongoing property tax relief and other state policy topics is scheduled for Monday, April 22, in Pender, Nebraska. This free, public event, hosted by the Center for Rural Affairs, will be held at House Memorial Library, 220 S. Thurston Ave., Pender, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Jordan Rasmussen, policy manager at the Center for Rural Affairs, will field questions and provide analysis about ongoing legislative efforts in the Nebraska Unicameral this session.
Topics to be discussed will include proposed property tax relief legislation, Medicaid expansion implementation progress, and other state policy initiatives, like rural broadband and soil health.
“This legislative session, we have seen a number of proposals regarding property tax relief,” said Rasmussen. “Yet, this burden continues to weigh heavily upon farmers and ranchers, rural communities, and the school systems that rely on property taxes to do their work.”
Another major topic will include the current status of Medicaid expansion after Nebraskans approved Initiative 427 in last year’s general election.
“When Nebraskans approved Medicaid expansion last fall, their message was clear,” said Rasmussen. “Nebraskans took a stand for 90,000 of their hardworking neighbors and expect a swift and effective implementation of the program, not an experiment.”
With more than a month until the close of the 2019 legislative session, senators have a number of items to address before it ends, including the passage of a biennial budget. Over the next couple of weeks, senators will rely on their constituents to be engaged with them on legislative issues.
For more information on the conversation, or to RSVP, visit cfra.org/events.
