Federally funded child benefit programs that provide cash transfers to families provide long-term benefits that significantly exceed their costs, according to a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Read the [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. — State Sen. John Cavanaugh and supporters from local organizations say $200 one-time direct payments to each Nebraskan is more responsible than proposed legislation in legislative bill 939. LB 939 [...]
LINCOLN — State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha said Tuesday that he wants his colleagues to stop tinkering with Nebraska’s tax rate on top earners and instead hand middle-class folks $200 on [...]
LINCOLN — If the state needs to return a glut of extra tax revenue to Nebraskans, State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha says a simpler and more conservative approach would be direct [...]
LINCOLN — Additional property tax relief may be working its way into a bill designed to reduce state income taxes. Read the full article online.
It has been said “the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.” That aphorism (a pithy observation that contains a general truth) is attributed to British poet and author Percy Bysshe [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his push Wednesday for income tax cuts, a new state prison and a $500 million canal to claim water from Colorado, arguing [...]
The Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board has raised its projections for state revenue by $775-million dollars from its October forecast with another $370-million in the current fiscal year and $405-million in the [...]
... Connie Knoche, education policy director for OpenSky Policy Institute, said her organization also opposes the bill. “It would direct state funds to private schools without imposing any accountability or oversight over [...]
State lawmakers will have more money than expected to spend, save or give back in tax cuts in the final 26 days of the session. Read the full article online.