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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (10/4/24)

$553.5 million As a regular part of the two-year state budget process, Nebraska’s code agencies (state agencies who report directly to the Governor) recently submitted their FY26/FY27 budget requests. This is a [...]

By |2024-10-04T14:54:59-05:00October 4th, 2024|Areas of Research, Blog, Budget & Budget Process, Economic Development, Feature, Home Tab 1|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (10/4/24)
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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (9/27/24)

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy $4.4 billion  Today is National Tourism Day, and according to the U.S. Travel Association, Nebraska business and leisure travel generated $376 million in 2022, the last [...]

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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 |2024-02-23T11:03:14-06:00February 23rd, 2024|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Economic Development, Economic Opportunity, Education, Education, Home Featured, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (2/23/24)
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VIDEO: Experts discuss sales taxes in Nebraska

https://youtu.be/753ea9Qld3g With policymakers in Nebraska considering a significant shift from property taxes to sales taxes, two tax policy experts shared insights on the concept of “ability to pay” and discussed the [...]

By |2024-02-13T16:52:28-06:00February 13th, 2024|Economic Development, Economic Opportunity, Home Featured, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes|Comments Off on VIDEO: Experts discuss sales taxes in Nebraska
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Critical support for children facing food insecurity

Nebraska intends to participate in a new federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program, ensuring that the families of 150,000 low-income children will have better access to nutritious food when school is [...]

By |2024-02-12T11:16:36-06:00February 12th, 2024|Economic Development, Economic Opportunity, Education, Education, Health, Health, Home Featured|Comments Off on Critical support for children facing food insecurity
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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (2/9/24)

$146,200 When talking about taxes, we often divide Nebraskans into five groups based on income distribution. Statistically, the starting point for the 20% of top earners is about $146,000 in 2024 dollars, [...]

By |2024-02-09T14:20:22-06:00February 9th, 2024|Budget & Budget Process, Economic Development, Economic Opportunity, Education, Education, Federal Tax & Budget, Health, Health, Home Featured, Revenue|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (2/9/24)
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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/29/23)

  91,000 Thanks to a successful ballot initiative, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that 91,000 workers – 9.5% of Nebraska’s workforce – will see a wage increase when the state’s minimum wage [...]

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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/15/23)

  2% In a future of fewer births and more deaths across an aging population, immigration will play a major role in whether the United States grows or declines over future years. [...]

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