Nebraskans view funding of public education justifiably as a long-term investment in the state’s future. A strong K-12 education system not only expands economic opportunities for all, it helps strengthen the overall economy. Many of the policy choices made by our state’s lawmakers have major ramifications for our state’s vital investments in public education.
Supporters of strong public schools in Nebraska turned in 117,000 petition signatures on Wednesday in an effort to give voters the final say on LB 753, the measure creating private school scholarship [...]
Supporters of strong public schools in Nebraska turned in 117,000 petition signatures on Wednesday in an effort to give voters the final say on LB 753, the measure creating private school scholarship tax [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After repeated attempts to pass school privatization measures had failed, Nebraska lawmakers in 2023 approved LB 753, which creates dollar-for-dollar tax credits eventually totaling up to $100 million for donations by individuals [...]
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 by individuals and [...]
29,800 As Congress considers appropriations bills for FY 2024, current proposals would require states to turn away hundreds of thousands of postpartum adults and young children receiving assistance through the Special Supplemental [...]
$218 million In its report to the Tax Rate Review Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Office noted that taxpayers claimed $380 million of the $598 million in LB 1107 property tax credits authorized [...]