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Jim Pillen is governor of Nebraska. Read his column each week in the Polk County News.

Jim Pillen is governor of Nebraska. Read his column each week in the Polk County News.

Cut Taxes, Invest in Our Kids

Our current tax system fails Nebraskans and needs reform now. For too long, our tax code has not been competitive. We rank 29th in the country for personal income tax rate and 32nd for business income tax rate. And as all Nebraskans know, we have some of the highest property taxes in the country.
Jim Pillen is the governor of Nebraska. Read his column each week in the Polk County News.

Jim Pillen is the governor of Nebraska. Read his column each week in the Polk County News.

Why I Appointed Ricketts to the Senate

I had the opportunity this week to appoint Nebraska’s next U.S. Senator, former Governor Pete Ricketts. Only five times in our state’s history has a Governor had this privilege. The process was not one that I took lightly.