Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan for what he calls “historic” tax relief is struggling, at best. With time running out in Lincoln, lawmakers are scratching their heads looking for answers. Read more from [...]

Below is a statement from OpenSky Policy Institute Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Firestone regarding LB 388, the tax shift that would reduce property tax revenues through a shift to sales taxes. “Last year, the [...]

Gov. Jim Pillen’s property tax plan limped forward Tuesday after its chief sponsor agreed to strip out its most controversial component: a proposed 1-cent increase in state sales taxes. The bill advanced [...]

After hours of debate, Nebraska lawmakers narrowly advanced a major tax reform bill to the next round of debate. LB 388 would raise the state's sales tax by one percent and add sales [...]

With no votes to spare, Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would raise the state’s sales tax by 1 cent to 6.5% on every taxable dollar spent — which would make it [...]

Nebraska lawmakers launched Wednesday into a long-awaited debate about Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to cut property taxes by raising state sales taxes. But they adjourned for the day before reaching a vote [...]

The Henderson Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a presentation from OpenSky Policy Institute about the EPIC Option, a proposed tax cut which would eliminate all state income, property, inheritance and corporate taxes. [...]

Nebraskans are being presented with two starkly different projections on whether taxpayers will be paying less, or more, under Gov. Jim Pillen’s proposed property tax relief plan. The plans calls for up [...]

Debate on Gov. Jim Pillen’s epic and controversial property tax relief plan began Wednesday, with advocates saying it will result in a net tax savings and opponents saying it’s a tax shift [...]

A property tax relief plan before the Legislature likely isn’t sustainable and unwisely targets sales taxes to fund it, the leader of a Lincoln-based state policy research group said Wednesday in North [...]