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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says a priority for him next year is to continue controlling property taxes and that should include a cap on spending by local governments and school districts.
Hartington-Newcastle Superintendent A.J. Johnson says they already have tight financial controls..
Johnson says when they increase spending its focused on students…
Johnson says state government has to do a better job of supporting public schools…
A bill passed in this year’s session would put more money into the property tax credit fund and could lower taxes ten to fifteen percent next year.
By Julia Bertino
Dec 21, 2020
More COVID-19 restrictions in Nebraska could be loosened as the number of hospitalizations statewide have declined.
During a Monday morning coronavirus update, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts said that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state are at the lowest rate they ve been since October. Ricketts said the state is on track to lessen restrictions in a few days.
The state was reporting 582 COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Monday morning the fourth day the state has seen such hospitalizations below 15%, the governor said. Across Nebraska, he said, 36% of hospital beds were available; 41% of ICU beds were available; and 74% of ventilators were available.
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Nebraska National Guard continues to support whole-of-government humanitarian efforts in response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by activating 17 drill-status Guardsmen this week to provide planning support to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. These 12 Airmen and 5 Soldiers were requested by DHHS to assist with [.]