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 [...]
Federal and state level legislation that would allegedly families pay for child care is being supported by OpenSky Police Institute. In data gathered by the Institute, action by Congress to expand the [...]
According to a recent USDA study, 12% of Nebraskans experience food insecurity. That's higher than the national average. If legislation that is the priority bill of state Sen. Jen Day, D-Papillion, becomes law, [...]
Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to use excess cash reserves to “jump-start” his property tax relief proposal got a rough reception Tuesday during a state legislative hearing. A long line of representatives of [...]
Students at private and faith-based schools in Nebraska would be able to get a $1,500 state-funded savings account for educational needs under a bill that prompted a contentious hearing Tuesday. Legislative Bill [...]
I was not shocked, just disappointed when Gov. Jim Pillen announced that he was going to reduce Nebraska’s collective property taxes by $2 billion this year, somehow. Imagine that. In a short [...]
Governor Jim Pillen visited Kearney on Friday, Jan. 19 as part of his tour across Nebraska following his State of the State address. Pillen touted his plan for a 40 percent property [...]
An Open Sky Policy Institute forum dove into the finer details of the proposed EPIC tax Wednesday. Open Sky Policy Institute Executive Director Rebecca Firestone gave a presentation on the EPIC Tax [...]
Over the past 20 years, half of the reporting jobs in Nebraska have disappeared. That’s especially obvious at local government meetings — the city councils, county boards, school boards, public power boards [...]
Even though Nebraska has a $380 million budget surplus, the Legislature doesn’t seem interested in appropriating those dollars in this budget cycle but would rather see the surplus saved to afford income [...]