Nebraska’s budget funds for services at the core of the Good Life. In fact, more than 90 percent of the state’s general fund budget goes to fund education, health and human services and public safety. As such, the budget decisions our policymakers have serious implications for all Nebraskans.
Newly available census data provides a glimpse into the diversity among Nebraska’s 49 legislative districts. OpenSky compiled the data and has produced fact sheets for the 49 districts and the state as [...]
Students in rural areas are unlikely to see many benefits from a plan to provide private school scholarship tax credits. The proposal to be debated on Tuesday, LB 753, would allow a [...]
The governor’s proposed education finance plan to be debated next week commits significant state resources to Nebraska’s public schools. But when combined with proposed revenue caps included in a package of property [...]
Proposed property tax breaks designed to match the dollars that the state would commit in income tax cuts could restrict what’s available to fund programs that all Nebraskans rely on. The framework [...]
Provisions of the income tax package under consideration in the Nebraska Legislature predominantly benefit high-income taxpayers. With debate on LB 754 set to begin on Wednesday, we looked at how model taxpayers [...]
Last year, the Nebraska Legislature passed the largest tax cut package in state history, committing $3.4 billion in state revenue over six years. This week, as the Legislature begins debate on a [...]
Income tax cuts set to be debated soon in the Nebraska Legislature would benefit the wealthiest Nebraskans and send more money to out-of-staters than our own middle- and lower-wage earners. When fully [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1qWgzAVQ24 Modifying the state’s tax policy will not keep younger, highly educated Nebraskans from leaving for job opportunities in Iowa, Kansas and other states, panelists said in a March 7 [...]
The question of who is wealthy and who is not is a frequent one in the Nebraska Legislature and has the potential to affect any number of state policies. Is someone with [...]
It’s tax season, and many of us are trying to figure out what we owe. The Nebraska Legislature is also looking into that question. A few bills introduced in the Legislature – [...]