State Senator doubled down on his claims that organizations like the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce are lying to Nebraskans about the proposed EPIC tax Thursday. Erdman told NTV that the consumption tax [...]
Education funding and property tax relief have been widely discussed in legislative and education circles in the past few years. The challenge for many people is understanding all of the components involved. [...]
State lawmakers gave first-round approval Wednesday to the mid-biennium budget bill that made few changes from the spending proposals of Gov. Jim Pillen. The budget calls for a spending increase of 3.1%, [...]
Advocates for the developmentally disabled filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to rally for adequate funding for service providers. One speaker, Sarah Graham of Duet Nebraska, said that her agency has been [...]
A budget package forwarded by the Appropriations Committee leaves $575 million in the state’s general fund by the end of the current biennium in FY 25. But other facets of the proposal [...]
Legislative Bill 753 (LB 753), or the “Opportunity Scholarship” Act, has become a battleground of proponents and opposing groups discrediting the other with accusations of misinformation. The bill works around the illegality [...]
244 We all know that school funding in Nebraska can be complex. With the Legislature committing additional funding to K-12 education in 2023 while implementing a new cap on school district revenues, [...]
https://youtu.be/3O_Ijc6GHcg The Legislature continues to weigh proposals as part of the Governor’s plan to reduce property taxes collected by political subdivisions. A key component of this proposal may be some form [...]
Judging from a handful of people who attended a town hall meeting Monday, Gov. Jim Pillen might have some popular support for raising sales taxes to lower property taxes. “Things are way [...]
A Nebraska scores an “A” on 42 factors that measure democratic governance for public schools, including the freedom to teach and learn, financial support for public education, homeschooling and privatization. The [...]