Governor, legislature try again to tame the state's high property taxes

pears to be on the road to recovery after a wild ride aboard a bucking bronco, his next rodeo act will be roping up enough votes to lower property taxes, cut government spending and return Nebraska to a "winner-take-all" system of doling out the state's electoral college votes.

Those are among the top priorities laid out by the governor – before he was bucked off a reportedly new horse – for the 2025 session of the Nebraska Legislature, which begins on January 8.

At the top of the list is something that is at the top of the list every year, by every governor: reduce property taxes.

Nebraska is...