Ballot Measures

Making Our List and Checking it Twice: OpenSky’s Holiday Recap

It’s been an incredibly busy year at OpenSky, navigating the regular legislative session, saying goodbye to legislators who will not be returning in January, navigating the heat (both literal and figurative!) in [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2024-12-16T14:49:44-06:00December 19th, 2024|Ballot Measures, Blog, Economic Opportunity, Education, Health, News, State Budget & Taxes|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (11/1/24)

$7.69 billion Economists estimate that Nebraska’s 2024 farm income will reach $7.69 billion, which would reflect a 17% year-over-year decrease, but rank as the third highest on record, according to the Center [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2024-11-01T09:00:30-05:00November 1st, 2024|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Blog, Education, Income tax, State Budget & Taxes, State Budget & Taxes, Voucher|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (3/15/24)

22% New analysis by The Tax Foundation largely mirrors analysis by OpenSky that the ballot initiative to eliminate income, property and inheritance taxes in Nebraska would require a statewide consumption tax rate [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2024-03-15T13:24:20-05:00March 15th, 2024|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (3/1/24)

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 [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2024-03-01T09:59:48-06:00March 1st, 2024|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes, Voucher|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (2/23/24)

117,000 With voters set to decide on LB 753 at the ballot box in November, the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee advanced another bill (LB 1402) that would direct state funds to pay for [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2024-02-23T11:03:14-06:00February 23rd, 2024|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Economic Opportunity, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (10/13/23)

34% Nebraskans who recently moved to another state said housing was the primary reason. In a federal survey in 2022, 34% of those Nebraskans who moved cited housing compared to 18% [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2023-10-13T13:38:25-05:00October 13th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Economic Opportunity, Education, Voucher|Comments Off

LB 753: The private schools benefiting from taxpayer-funded scholarships

After repeated attempts to pass school privatization measures had failed, Nebraska lawmakers in 2023 approved LB 753, which creates dollar-for-dollar tax credits totaling up to $100 million for donations to organizations granting [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2023-08-29T17:31:05-05:00August 29th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off

LB 753: The groups accepting donations and granting taxpayer-funded scholarships

After repeated attempts to pass school privatization measures had failed, Nebraska lawmakers in 2023 approved LB 753, which creates dollar-for-dollar tax credits totaling up to $100 million for donations to organizations granting [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2023-08-24T17:05:02-05:00August 24th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Income tax, Voucher|Comments Off

LB 753: The state tax credits awarded to fund private school scholarships

After repeated attempts to pass school privatization measures had failed, Nebraska lawmakers in 2023 approved LB 753, which creates dollar-for-dollar tax credits totaling up to $100 million for donations to organizations granting [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2023-08-17T15:58:43-05:00August 17th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Income tax, Voucher|Comments Off

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (8/11/23)

2.3% Very few wealthy Nebraskans packed up and moved across the border over the past decade as compared to other states. Only Texas, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Alabama and Louisiana had smaller out-migration [...]

By OpenSky Policy Institute|2023-08-11T13:24:23-05:00August 11th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes, Voucher|Comments Off