At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Professor Richard Pomp of the University of Connecticut School of Law was the featured presenter at OpenSky’s inaugural Legislative Symposium. At that time, the [...]
Congress has passed a $900 billion package to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year and provide needed COVID relief to individuals and businesses. Several provisions will have a [...]
Registration is now open for a Friday, Jan. 8 OpenSky webinar about principles of sound tax policy. As lawmakers prepare to resume the state’s tax debate, OpenSky Executive Director Renee Fry will host [...]
OpenSky Policy Institute will discuss the state tax and budget debate on Wednesday at a virtual policy forum sponsored by the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands. The forum -- which runs from [...]
As lawmakers prepare for the 2021 Legislative session, we list some policy recommendations that can help advance racial and ethnic equity in Nebraska. These recommendations were developed by incorporating policy changes proposed [...]
Panelists with expertise in health care, corrections, workers rights and economic development participated in the fourth installment of OpenSky’s Policy and Equity Webinar Series to offer policy recommendations to help create a [...]
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Thank you to everyone who participated in, attended or watched our Policy and Equity Webinar Series! We hope you found the webinars to be as enlightening and informative as we did. If [...]
A key takeaway from Thursday’s Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board meeting was that a technicality will cause LB 1107 -- which was passed by the Legislature in August -- to cost the [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Nyomi Troy Thompson has joined the OpenSky team as a health policy analyst! Nyomi will focus on food security and other health-related policies. Nyomi, pictured here, [...]