Below are statements from OpenSky Policy Institute Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Firestone following the release of more details on a proposal that would reduce property tax revenues through a shift to sales [...]
A group of business and government organizations publicly launched its effort Thursday to oppose the initiative petition seeking to replace all state taxes with a consumption tax. They called the EPIC Option Consumption [...]
Opponents called an initiative proposal aimed at upending Nebraska’s tax system an “epic disaster” Thursday as they launched a campaign aimed at keeping the measure off the November ballot. No New Taxes [...]
A coalition of more than 40 Nebraska businesses and organizations formally launched their opposition campaign Thursday to a petition drive aimed at changing the state's Constitution to upend Nebraska's tax system. The [...]
State Senator doubled down on his claims that organizations like the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce are lying to Nebraskans about the proposed EPIC tax Thursday. Erdman told NTV that the consumption tax [...]
Education funding and property tax relief have been widely discussed in legislative and education circles in the past few years. The challenge for many people is understanding all of the components involved. [...]
State lawmakers gave first-round approval Wednesday to the mid-biennium budget bill that made few changes from the spending proposals of Gov. Jim Pillen. The budget calls for a spending increase of 3.1%, [...]
Advocates for the developmentally disabled filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to rally for adequate funding for service providers. One speaker, Sarah Graham of Duet Nebraska, said that her agency has been [...]
Legislative Bill 753 (LB 753), or the “Opportunity Scholarship” Act, has become a battleground of proponents and opposing groups discrediting the other with accusations of misinformation. The bill works around the illegality [...]
Judging from a handful of people who attended a town hall meeting Monday, Gov. Jim Pillen might have some popular support for raising sales taxes to lower property taxes. “Things are way [...]