Jim Pillen, in his time as Nebraska's governor, has insisted that the state is committed to its children. It's a refrain Pillen invoked last legislative session, for example, when pitching transformational reform [...]
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen denied a request Thursday to remove a voter referendum that seeks to repeal a new set of tax credits for donations to private and parochial school [...]
A referendum seeking to repeal a Nebraska law granting tax credits to individuals who donate to private school scholarship funds will appear on the November general election ballot. Secretary of State Bob [...]
With the short session of the Nebraska Legislature slightly more than half over, repeat after me: When it comes to taxation, it’s all about whose ox is being gored. The governor wants [...]
Sen. Steve Erdman challenged the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry to a debate over the EPIC tax on the floor of the Legislature Tuesday. “Any place. Any time. Anywhere,” said the [...]
The author of Nebraska’s tax credit program for donors funding scholarships to private K-12 schools says two of the state’s top donor families are improperly using tax-advantaged charities to fight the law. [...]
Progress on a petition drive aimed at upending Nebraska’s tax system has slowed as the initiatives’ opponents have increased their strength. The EPIC Option drive has suspended its contract with a Florida [...]
State lawmakers have teed up another contentious debate over providing public funds for private, K-12 schooling. On Thursday, in a 6-3 vote, members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee advanced to floor debate [...]
Nebraska could pull thousands of young children out of poverty by providing their families with a state child tax credit, a legislative panel was told Wednesday. But members of the Revenue Committee [...]
A new bill in Nebraska's legislature could give nearly 100,000 families extra money to help with raising young children. For the second straight year, Lincoln Sen. Danielle Conrad is proposing the state [...]