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Nebraska Examiner on April 18: Stunning last-minute defeat for Pillen tax shift bill likely ensures special session

Gov. Jim Pillen’s much-amended plan to raise sales taxes to decrease local property taxes went down in flames Thursday, the final day of the 2024 state legislative session. It was a stunning [...]

By |2024-05-02T13:33:59-05:00April 18th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on Nebraska Examiner on April 18: Stunning last-minute defeat for Pillen tax shift bill likely ensures special session

Lincoln Journal Star on April 18: Nebraska Gov. Pillen will call special session after lawmakers kill property tax package

After praising Nebraska lawmakers for their accomplishments during this year's legislative session, Gov. Jim Pillen repeatedly derided the Legislature's “failure to act” on property tax relief and pledged to call “as many [...]

By |2024-04-25T09:32:31-05:00April 18th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on Lincoln Journal Star on April 18: Nebraska Gov. Pillen will call special session after lawmakers kill property tax package

News Channel Nebraska on April 16: Open Sky on property taxes pay-for: Expand the sales tax base and cut the sales tax rate

The Nebraska Legislature calls it quits Thursday, leaving behind several questions. First and foremost, any further property tax cuts before the end of the year and if so how to pay for [...]

By |2024-05-02T13:39:20-05:00April 16th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on News Channel Nebraska on April 16: Open Sky on property taxes pay-for: Expand the sales tax base and cut the sales tax rate

Omaha World Herald on April 14: Scaled-back property tax plan prompts special session speculation in Nebraska

Gov. Jim Pillen vowed to keep Nebraska lawmakers in Lincoln if they failed to cut property taxes 40% by the end of their regular session. “We are going to get to 40% [...]

By |2024-05-02T13:43:51-05:00April 14th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on Omaha World Herald on April 14: Scaled-back property tax plan prompts special session speculation in Nebraska

Nebraska Examiner on April 10: Nebraska property tax relief plan is pared back more, advances to final reading

Nebraska lawmakers further slimmed down a property tax relief plan sought by Gov. Jim Pillen before advancing it to final reading Wednesday evening. The 28-14 passage of Legislative Bill 388 came after a long [...]

By |2024-05-02T13:50:14-05:00April 10th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on Nebraska Examiner on April 10: Nebraska property tax relief plan is pared back more, advances to final reading

Lincoln Journal Star on April 9: Nebraska Legislature backs bill to provide private school scholarship funding

The Legislature gave first-round approval to a proposal funneling $10 million in state tax dollars toward private school scholarships on Tuesday, the final day bills could advance from the first round of [...]

By |2024-05-02T13:55:50-05:00April 9th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on Lincoln Journal Star on April 9: Nebraska Legislature backs bill to provide private school scholarship funding

KETV on April 7: ‘There’s been concerns’: Investigation reveals $400M+ in tax credits Nebraskans aren’t claiming

In Nebraska, a state of under two million people, there are a lot of things taxpayers can do with nearly half-a-billion dollars. To be exact, $421.5 million. That's the number of unclaimed [...]

By |2024-05-02T14:09:29-05:00April 7th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on KETV on April 7: ‘There’s been concerns’: Investigation reveals $400M+ in tax credits Nebraskans aren’t claiming

KRVN-AM on April 3: Neb. lawmakers advance property tax reduction bill despite concerns raised by policy groups & state chambers

Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill aimed at tax changes in order to reduce property taxes. LB388 advanced on a vote of 28-12. The bill remains a work in progress which [...]

By |2024-05-02T14:14:32-05:00April 3rd, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on KRVN-AM on April 3: Neb. lawmakers advance property tax reduction bill despite concerns raised by policy groups & state chambers

News Channel Nebraska on April 3: Pillen’s struggling tax plan ‘open to any ideas’

Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan for what he calls “historic” tax relief is struggling, at best. With time running out in Lincoln, lawmakers are scratching their heads looking for answers. Read more from [...]

By |2024-05-02T14:13:02-05:00April 3rd, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|Comments Off on News Channel Nebraska on April 3: Pillen’s struggling tax plan ‘open to any ideas’
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