A state legislative committee teed up for debate a package of proposals Thursday intended to provide Nebraskans with as much property tax relief as provided by a group of proposed income tax [...]
A legislative committee advanced a wide-ranging income tax reduction bill Thursday amid questions about whether the state could afford it. On a 7-1 vote, the Legislature’s Revenue Committee moved a much-amended Legislative Bill [...]
Nebraska’s top income tax rate would drop by nearly one-third under a measure advanced out of the Revenue Committee on Thursday. Committee members voted 7-1 to send an amended version of Legislative [...]
State Sen. Steve Erdman aims to change taxes in Nebraska through his priority bill, LB79. “Starting back in [20]17 when I first came, my goal was to eliminate or fix property tax,” Erdman said. [...]
Debate began Monday on a long-controversial bill to provide state tax credits for donations to private school scholarships, with advocates maintaining that the measure is about helping low-income families. State Sen. Lou [...]
The Revenue Committee heard testimony March 3 on measures that would replace most state taxes with a consumption tax on new goods and services. LB79, introduced by Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard, would create [...]
State Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln said she realized last year she could not use an educational savings plan to support her grandchildren’s private K-12 tuition costs. Congress approved an expansion in [...]
A Nebraska lawmaker encouraged a legislative committee Tuesday to allow students to use state funds toward private schools if they are denied a school district transfer. Legislative Bill 528, proposed by State [...]
Students denied option enrollment could attend a private school and have their tuition paid for under a bill in the Nebraska Legislature. The proposal, Legislative Bill 528, is one of multiple pieces [...]
Legislative Bill 753 (the proposed “Opportunity Scholarships Act”) will likely be headed for legislative floor debate soon. We believe passage of the bill would create unreasonable tax credits and result in inappropriate [...]