LINCOLN — State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood has pushed during his eight years in office to eliminate the state’s inheritance tax, maintaining that it’s an unfair and outdated tax after death that only five states still impose.

But his latest proposal, while tending to mollify one longtime opponent, inspired a new group of business and government entities to object during a 2 1/2-hour public hearing on Wednesday at the Capitol. Representatives of data centers, renewable energy projects, Nebraska’s two largest counties, and the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce opposed Clements’ Legislative Bill 468.

Representatives of Douglas and Lancaster Counties said both would be forced to raise local property taxes to cover funding lost under the bill. “We do not like inheritance tax, but we dislike property tax more,” said Lori Pirsch, budget and finance director for Douglas County.

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