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OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (9/8/23)

55.6% When costs surrounding a school improvement project approved by voters in 2022 escalated, the locally-elected school board of Heartland Community Schools discussed this with their community and approved a financing plan [...]

By |2023-09-08T10:41:42-05:00September 8th, 2023|Education, Education, Federal Tax & Budget, Health, Health, Income tax, Revenue|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (9/8/23)

Nebraska Examiner on Sept. 8: Pillen urges school superintendents to pass along new state funds as tax relief

Last week, Nebraska's governor urged Nebraska school superintendents to direct 97% of what they receive in additional state aid to property tax relief. In its story noting the unusual nature of the [...]

By |2023-09-08T10:30:54-05:00September 8th, 2023|Education, Education, OpenSky in the Media, Revenue|Comments Off on Nebraska Examiner on Sept. 8: Pillen urges school superintendents to pass along new state funds as tax relief

Registration open for 2023 OpenSky Fall Policy Symposium!

Nebraska’s workforce challenges will be among several topics on the agenda for OpenSky Policy Institute’s 2023 Fall Policy Symposium, your opportunity to gather with Nebraska’s key thinkers and policy leaders to discuss [...]

By |2023-09-13T13:48:08-05:00August 31st, 2023|Economic Opportunity, Education, Education, Health, Health, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes|Comments Off on Registration open for 2023 OpenSky Fall Policy Symposium!

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 [...]

By |2023-08-29T17:31:05-05:00August 29th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on LB 753: The private schools benefiting from taxpayer-funded scholarships

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 [...]

By |2023-08-24T17:05:02-05:00August 24th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Income tax, Voucher|Comments Off on LB 753: The groups accepting donations and granting taxpayer-funded scholarships

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 [...]

By |2023-08-17T15:58:43-05:00August 17th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Income tax, Voucher|Comments Off on LB 753: The state tax credits awarded to fund private school scholarships

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 [...]

By |2023-08-11T13:24:23-05:00August 11th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes, Voucher|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (8/11/23)

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 [...]

By |2023-08-10T16:01:46-05:00August 10th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on LB 753: The taxpayer-funded scholarships and who is eligible

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 [...]

By |2023-07-28T15:27:00-05:00July 28th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Education, Education, Federal Tax & Budget, Income tax, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (7/28/23)

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 [...]

By |2023-07-21T14:01:40-05:00July 21st, 2023|Education, Education, Health, Health, Revenue, State Budget & Taxes, State Budget & Taxes|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (07/21/23)
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