NORTH PLATTE- Senator Mike Groene in an opinion piece submitted tot he North Platte Telegram takes on issues facing the legislature he views as 'pie in the sky'. These include the state's economic incentive law and its proposed replacement, the ImagiNE Act, as well as LB1084 which focuses on the University of Nebraska Medical Center project, Medicaid expansion, and a proposal to lease a new correctional facility.

Instead, Senator Groene says the focus should be on property tax proposals such as LB1106. "The property tax proposal was expected to add approximately $100 million per year to state aid to public schools, thus lowering local property taxes by a like amount, reaching a total of $300 million by the third and final year (2022-23 school year) of LB 1106’s implementation. Meanwhile, by its third year of existence, the new ImagiNE Act is estimated to add an additional $50 million to the Revenue Department’s forecast $180 million revenue loss that year from the existing Advantage Act agreements"

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