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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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% [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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