OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (8/25/23)
30 Residents of Chappell will have to travel 30 miles or more to reach a health care clinic beginning this fall. Regional West Health Systems plans to close medical clinics in Sidney [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LB 753: The taxpayer-funded scholarships and who is eligible
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 [...]
LB 753: The cost of private school scholarship tax credits
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 [...]
OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (7/28/23)
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 [...]
Nebraska Examiner on July 25: With property valuations skyrocketing, Pillen appoints ‘working group’ to consider reforms
Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday announced the formation of a working group to look at reforming the state's property tax system. In its story, the Nebraska Examiner spoke with Dr. Rebecca Firestone, [...]
OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (07/21/23)
$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 [...]
Nebraska Examiner on July 20: Accusations fly in petition fight over tax credit for private school scholarships
Public school advocates continue to seek signatures for a petition that would let voters decide the fate of private school scholarship tax credits. In its story, the Nebraska Examiner notes analysis by [...]