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NEBRASKA SPECIAL SESSION MAKING SLOW PROGRESS

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THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE CONVENED FOR DAY FIVE OF THEIR SPECIAL SESSION IN LINCOLN WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT DIDN’T MEET LONG.

AFTER ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN AROUND NINE A.M., A MOTION WAS MADE TO ADJOURN FOR THE DAY:

ADJOURN OC…IS ADJOURNED. :13

THE LAWMAKERS ACTUALLY ARE WORKING.

THEY SPLIT UP AND CONVENED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. INTO SEVEN SEPARATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO DEAL WITH WAYS TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE.

SPEAKER JOHN ARCH SAYS 81 BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, A RECORD FOR A SPECIAL SESSION.

ALL BILLS WILL HAVE HEARINGS THIS WEEK.

GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ORDERED THE SPECIAL SESSION WITH A REQUEST TO STATE SENATORS TO REDUCE STATE PROPERTY TAXES BY 50 PERCENT.

Photo from Nebraska Unicameral