Special session hearings are halfway completed, with additional hearings scheduled today, tomorrow and Saturday in a variety of committees. The OpenSky team has been busy testifying and sending letters to highlight the [...]
Tuesday will see a busy lineup of hearings in the Legislature’s Revenue and Appropriations committees, including LB 1, which contains most of the components of the Nebraska Plan outlined by Governor Jim [...]
The Nebraska Legislature convened in special session last week and began bill introduction, which will continue through Monday. Also beginning Monday will be hearings in the Revenue committee to gather public input [...]
Welcome to OpenSkyLIGHTS, with our special edition highlighting key numbers related to the Nebraska Legislature’s Special Session. 113 LB1, introduced by Senator Lou Ann Linehan, outlines elements of Governor Jim Pillen’s Nebraska [...]
During the upcoming special session, Governor Jim Pillen has shared that he plans to introduce the concept of “hard caps” as a means to provide property tax relief for Nebraskans. Whether the [...]
11 Beginning this weekend, 11 state senators will hold town hall meetings in Omaha and Lincoln to hear feedback from the community on the Governor’s recently-released Nebraska Plan and any other [...]
Governor Jim Pillen has announced his intention to call the Legislature into special session starting July 25, with the goal of lowering property taxes in Nebraska. While a specific call has not [...]
33% In a world without racial inequality, 20% of each race or ethnicity would be represented in each quintile of income earners. But 33% of Black households fall in the bottom 20% [...]
The Legislature wrapped up its 60-day session last week, but Senators are likely to be back in Lincoln for a special session later this year focused on property taxes paid to fund [...]
Most Nebraskans who claim the state income tax credit on property taxes paid to public schools will see little change in what they pay resulting from the tax package to be debated [...]