The effort by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Omaha to add one cent to the state sales tax and shift more of the tax burden to [...]
A bill to raise the state sales tax by a penny found few friends at a legislative hearing Wednesday, despite the promise of using the resulting revenue to cut property taxes. Legislative [...]
The idea of raising sales taxes in order to lower property taxes got a less-than-rousing reception in a hearing before the Legislature’s Revenue Committee Wednesday. Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, chair of the [...]
Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to cut property tax bills by 40% has been the defining issue of this year’s legislative session so far, but state senators plan to roll it out remains [...]
Lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee heard testimony Wednesday on a proposal that would raise the state sales tax by 1 cent by Oct. 1. It would bring in an estimated $341,140,000 in [...]
A dozen people testified in front of the Revenue Committee Wednesday regarding legislative bill 1315. A majority were in opposition of LB 1315. Several argued this proposed sales tax is regressive, but [...]
A key state lawmaker intends to forge ahead with Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan for cutting property taxes by raising sales taxes and capping local government spending, despite opposition to most pieces of [...]
We are writing in response to an opinion printed in last Sunday’s Omaha World-Herald by seven former state senators. Their opinion echoes that of OpenSky and Stand for Schools, two groups who [...]
Twin Cities Development hosted a second presentation on the EPIC Option, a proposed tax initiative that would replace most of Nebraska’s current tax system with a consumption tax. Mark Bonkiewicz, a proponent [...]
At age 55, Dr. Karla Lester said, she is just now able to talk publicly about her childhood shame: hunger. Speaking Thursday to a legislative committee, the Lincoln pediatrician was among 17 [...]