An important milestone in Nebraska’s state budget process takes place today, as the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board (NEFAB) meets to set the most up-to-date revenue projections for the next couple of [...]
Check out our executive director, Dr. Rebecca Firestone, on the Agency for Change podcast! She talks OpenSky's history, mission and work promoting evidence-based, equitable fiscal policy.
The governor’s proposed education finance plan, LB 583, and the three bills containing the governor’s budget priorities, LBs 813, 814 and 818, had hearings recently, while a couple other education and revenue bills will be heard in committee [...]
LBs 99 and 601 would go far in helping alleviate food insecurity among Nebraska families, especially its children, OpenSky Policy Institute said at a pair of hearings this week. Universal school lunch [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzfwayaL7A New evidence on child tax credits at the federal level has shown “stunning” results in lifting children out of poverty throughout the country and a state-level policy could continue [...]
Three budget bills containing the governor’s proposals – LBs 813, 814 and 818 – will be heard this afternoon by the Appropriations Committee, where OpenSky Policy Institute’s testimony will focus on the [...]
Join bill introducer Senator Danielle Conrad and the OpenSky team for a Feb. 8 OpenSky webinar exploring the potential policy impacts of a state child tax credit like that proposed in LB [...]
LB294 – a proposed state-level child tax credit – will be the focus of a public hearing at the State Capitol on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. The proposal would provide tax credits [...]
The Legislature should focus on one-time investments in areas like economic development, workforce, broadband and health care access as it decides how to spend an influx of federal American Rescue Plan Act [...]
The wealthiest Nebraskans -- those making more than $2 million a year -- paid just 3.82% of their income in state income taxes in 2018, well below the state’s top statutory rate [...]