At OpenSky, we prioritize data and evidence to ensure our work is a credible, unbiased and reliable resource for policymakers, media and all Nebraskans.
Our primers aim to provide an overview of the issues important to creating fair and just outcomes for everyone.
Keep tabs on policy changes under consideration as the Nebraska Legislature meets each year.
Using census data, OpenSky produced fact sheets showing the diversity among Nebraska’s 49 legislative districts.
OpenSky compiled profiles of Nebraska’s public school districts to help taxpayers to better understand education funding.
Learn about proposal to replace most state and local taxes with a single tax on consumption.
Learn about proposals for taxpayer-funded scholarship programs that threaten funding for public schools.
Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, Dr. Rebecca Firestone listed priorities for OpenSky Policy Institute in an Op-Ed published in the Omaha World-Herald.“As we embark on the 2024 legislative session,” Firestone wrote, “OpenSky Policy Institute will support policymakers to make measured, evidence-based decisions that work to achieve a Nebraska where prosperity is not an exclusive […]
Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, Dr. Rebecca Firestone listed priorities for OpenSky Policy Institute in an Op-Ed published in the Omaha World-Herald.“As we embark on the 2024 legislative session,” Firestone wrote, “OpenSky Policy Institute will support policymakers to make measured, evidence-based decisions that work to achieve a Nebraska where prosperity is not an exclusive […]
$4.4 billion Today is National Tourism Day, and according to the U.S. Travel Association, Nebraska business and leisure travel generated $376 million in 2022, the last year state-level data was made available. Compare that with Kansas, where $673 million was generated, South Dakota at $220 million or the king of tourism, California, which added $10.1 billion to its coffers from […]
$553.5 million As a regular part of the two-year state budget process, Nebraska’s code agencies (state agencies who report directly to the Governor) recently submitted their FY26/FY27 budget requests. This is a preliminary step in the development of the budget proposal that the Governor will introduce to the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee at the start of […]
OpenSky Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Firestone summed up this year’s Legislative session, noting that the budget surplus presented state leaders with an opportunity to make sweeping investments in the health and well-being of everyday Nebraskans. But beyond an investment in education, too often “the needs of all Nebraskans were leveraged to make room for regressive […]
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Resources At OpenSky, we prioritize data and evidence to ensure our work is a credible, unbiased and reliable resource for policymakers, media and all Nebraskans. Primers Our primers aim to provide an overview of the issues important to creating fair and just outcomes for everyone. Medicaid “A Healthy Nebraska,” updated
