Nebraska’s economy may be experiencing an unsustainable period of growth due in large part to an influx of federal funds, OpenSky Senior Analyst Craig Beck said during a recent OpenSky/Nonprofit Association of [...]
The OpenSky team would like to congratulate our Founding Executive Director Renee Fry on being named a 2022 Tribute to Women Honoree by the Omaha Women’s Center for Advancement! Renee and nine [...]
LINCOLN -- Below is a statement from OpenSky Policy Institute Executive Director Rebecca Firestone regarding the state revenue projections made Monday by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board. “Today’s forecast provides a [...]
Registration is now open for a virtual OpenSky briefing about the state budget on Friday, March 4. The briefing — which will be hosted by OpenSky and the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands [...]
Nebraska is one of many states experiencing a rosy revenue situation. Similarly, we are not alone in facing a slew of tax cut proposals in response to flush state coffers. Nebraska lawmakers [...]
Because of Nebraska’s standard deduction, a married couple filing jointly would have to make more than $81,060 to get any personal income tax cut under LB 939, a bill on Monday’s legislative agenda. The [...]
LB 890, a proposal being debated by lawmakers, shows promise as a way to address Nebraska’s long-standing overreliance on property taxes because it gets to the heart of the issue – low [...]
With the Revenue Committee quickly advancing multiple tax proposals to be debated by the full Legislature, state lawmakers already have a lot on their plates when it comes to major fiscal issues. [...]
The Omaha World-Herald editorial board on Wednesday wrote against the Constitutional Convention called for in LR 14, which will likely be the focus of second-round legislative debate today. The board wrote, “In a [...]
Bills related to Nebraska's early childhood education workforce, property taxes, social security tax cuts and a Constitutional Convention measure will be discussed during a busy fiscal-policy week in the Legislature. Bill aims [...]