The Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board has voted to raise revenue projections for the current fiscal year by $621-million dollars, bringing the expected total revenue to $6.44-billion. Read the full article online.
Hardworking Nebraskans deserve an economy that respects their work and empowers them to support their families and contribute to their communities. Evidence suggests that gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 an [...]
LINCOLN — Jim Pillen’s proposal to change Nebraska’s school funding formula to a per-student basis could cost some districts $270 million, according to a new analysis. The OpenSky Policy Institute published a report [...]
LINCOLN — State revenue projections issued Friday would give the next governor more than $13 billion for state needs and tax cuts, while taking the cash reserve to record-breaking levels. Read the [...]
Karen Anthony has worked as a home health care provider for 40 years, and in that time, she has never earned more than $12 an hour. Read the full article online.
LINCOLN — Karen Anthony has worked as a home health care provider for 40 years, and in that time she has never earned more than $12 an hour. Read the full article [...]
Nebraska state government’s run of extraordinarily large revenue windfalls likely will run out in two to three years, two leaders of Lincoln’s OpenSky Policy Institute warned Wednesday. Read the full article online.
LINCOLN — The ideal way to design a state school funding system is to set educational goals first and then set up a revenue system that fairly funds what is needed to [...]
LINCOLN — Nebraska has weathered past recessions better than the rest of the country and might again, according to a leading state economist. Read the full article here.
The Nebraska Dept of Revenue says net state tax receipts for June and for the fiscal year that ended in June easily topped the official projections by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory [...]