A tax package up for debate Tuesday in the Nebraska Legislature would expand the state’s turnback tax law to help a possible expansion of convention space at Omaha’s CHI Health Center and [...]
A proposal from the Legislature’s Revenue Committee amended to include as many as 20 bills will be debated beginning Tuesday. The package, LB 727, proposes special taxing districts, to be known as [...]
As Nebraska seeks ways to address a workforce shortage, a new report outlines the important role that immigrants play in the economic landscape. The report published this month by the Immigration Research [...]
Over the past decade, my husband Dick and I have had the great privilege of watching OpenSky Policy Institute grow from multiple vantage points. As a founding board member and the second [...]
LB 298, a bill on the Legislature's agenda today, would extend Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TSP) and asylum seekers. This common-sense [...]
LB 388, a measure to expand broadband access in Nebraska, and LB 108, which would increase access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), are on the Legislature’s agenda today. LB 388 with AM 530 -- [...]
LB 108, as amended by AM 975, could help Nebraskans continue to put food on the table as they advance in the workplace, effectively incentivizing Nebraska workers to continue to strive for [...]
Economic development and growing Nebraska’s economy is a common refrain every legislative session and this year is no exception. Economic growth has been cited as a reason to advance legislation related to [...]
Department of Revenue officials will present at a joint hearing of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Revenue committees this afternoon to discuss a report on the state’s business incentive programs. The report, which [...]
As mandatory closures and social distancing guidelines caused by COVID-19 continue to wreak havoc on nonprofit organizations and businesses across almost every sector of the economy, the federal government has taken important steps to provide support in the form of grants, loans, and tax credits. As the Small Business Association (SBA) began accepting loan applications pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on April 3, this brief highlights important pieces of the federal coronavirus legislation and acknowledges steps taken at the state and local levels to provide additional support to small businesses, which make up the vast majority of Nebraska businesses.