Below you can access video of the presentations from the May 18-19 OpenSky Candidate Education Sessions. You also can access printable PDFs of PowerPoint presentations that were used during the sessions as well as find links to reports, websites and articles and other documents that were referenced during various presentations.

Discussion of the public health response to COVID-19 with Pat Lopez, interim director, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (Watch presentation)

In-depth budget discussion with Legislative Fiscal Analyst Tom Bergquist (Watch presentation)

Corrections overview with Doug Koebernick, Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System (Watch presentation)

In-depth tax policy discussion with OpenSky Executive Director Renee Fry and Fiscal Analyst Craig Beck (Watch presentation)

  • Presentation slides
  • Tax Modernization Committee Report (2013)
  • Nebraska Tax Incentives Report — These annual reports examine the state’s tax incentive programs by providing programmatic details including benefits earned and used, estimated benefits earned and used into the future and fiscal analysis of the impact of the programs into the future. This report also discloses beneficiaries of tax incentives for the programs that are required to report such information.
  • Nebraska’s Tax Burden Studies — These studies examine the economic impact of tax changes and the estimated tax burden between income groups resulting from these tax changes. Analysis, methodology, and economic impacts are the key components of the studies.
  • Nebraska Tax Expenditure Reports — These reports detail tax and fee expenditures as a result of tax exemptions, deductions and credits. The full reports are required in even-numbered years. During odd-numbered years, an interim report is published on selected sales tax exemptions.

Education finance overview with OpenSky Education Policy Director Connie Knoche (Watch presentation)

A discussion of pandemic gaps and policy recommendations with OpenSky Policy Director Tiffany Friesen Milone, Fiscal Analyst Craig Beck and Weitz Fellow Alex Serrurier (Watch Presentation)