OpenSky seeks a reliable, highly organized, and energetic operations coordinator to assist with the management of daily business activities and logistics. In this position, you will contribute in an administrative capacity by [...]
Dear Friend, If you’ve ever visited our office, you may have seen the framed hard-copy version of the Lincoln Journal Star Editorial from March 22, 2012 (pictured below). The article starts as [...]
Below you can access video of the presentations from the May 17 OpenSky Candidate Education Session. You also can access printable PDFs of PowerPoint presentations and other documents that were used during [...]
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 [...]
Dear Friend, When I was hired last fall, I was contacted by many people who expressed how much respect and admiration they have for OpenSky. In my first few months on the [...]
In this morning’s Omaha World-Herald, OpenSky Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Firestone writes that when it came to getting money into the hands of everyday Nebraskans who need it coming out of the pandemic, the [...]
Today’s Legislative agenda includes second-round debate for LB 121 – which would end Nebraska’s harmful lifetime SNAP ban for those with certain drug-related convictions. If passed, the bill would help provide food security for some [...]
Replacing all other taxes with a consumption tax like that proposed in LR 264CA – a measure presently being discussed by lawmakers – would be a highly-regressive tax change that no other state has [...]
After eight hours of debate, lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a tax package that would ultimately cost the state more than $900 million – roughly one-fifth of the state budget – annually while [...]
A tax package that will ultimately cost the state about $900 million annually while largely benefiting the wealthy and corporations is back on the Legislature’s agenda today after being rejected by lawmakers [...]