$108 Million Minnesota governor Tim Walz proposed a budget that decreases the state’s overall sales tax rate from 6.875% to 6.8%, an effort to support citizens who have been feeling the effects of increased prices on everyday goods. To pay for the cut, and in fact to increase state revenues
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75 Million OpenSky continues to monitor proposed cuts to Medicaid, a joint program between federal and state governments that provides health insurance coverage to more than 75 million people nationwide. The program, which is the single largest insurer in the country, finances about 42% of all births in the country,
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The OpenSky team is engaged in a thorough analysis and line-by-line review of the Governor’s proposed two-year budget, and will be tuned in closely to upcoming hearings in the Appropriations Committee. The state of Nebraska must balance its budget in the state’s General Fund. How that is achieved with a
Advocates for young Nebraskans worry proposed federal cuts could affect families who rely on Medicaid for their health care. In a story, OpenSky Executive Director Rebecca Firestone said reduced federal funds would also have an outsized effect on Nebraska’s rural health care providers. Read the story
$225 billion As the work of the 119th Congress begins in earnest, a key campaign promise of the incoming administration may become one of the first items tackled. The body will consider raising, or otherwise retooling, the cap on SALT tax deductions, the ability of individuals to deduct state and
88% A recent report by the Tax Foundation indicated that 88% of respondents believe that the United States federal tax code needs reform. This was part of a broader study to assess current sentiment around federal taxes, as well as mastery of key concepts related to taxation. Younger and middle-aged
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