Candidate education session materials
Below you can access audio and printable PDFs of PowerPoint presentations from the May OpenSky Candidate Education sessions in Kearney and Ashland. You also can find links to reports, websites and articles that were referenced during various presentations.
Please note that the audio files are hosted by the web application Vocaroo and will play once the link is clicked. MP3s of the presentations can be downloaded from the Vocaroo page of each audio file.
Tax and budget policy overview with OpenSky Policy Institute Executive Director Renee Fry
Education finance overview with OpenSky Policy Director Tiffany Joekel
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- Presentation slides
- Legislative Fiscal Office report on “Historical and Current Nebraska K-12 School Data”
In-depth budget discussion with Tiffany Joekel
Medicaid overview with Sen. Kathy Campbell, Chair of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee
Child welfare and juvenile justice with Kim Hawekotte, Executive Director of the Nebraska Foster Care Review Office
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- Presentation slides
- LR 37 Report: Review, Investigation, and Assessment of Child Welfare Reform (2011)
- State Ward Education Snapshot
Legislative Planning Committee overview with Dr. John Bartle, Dean of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; and Dr. Jerry Deichert, Director of the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Audio
- Presentation slides
- Nebraska Legislative Planning Committee website
- Nebraska State Policy Initiative website
Corrections overview with Doug Koebernick, Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System
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- Presentation slides
- LR 424 Department of Correctional Services Special Investigative Committee Report (2014)
In-depth tax policy discussion with Renee Fry
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- Presentation slides
- Tax Modernization Committee Report (2013)
- Department of Revenue Agricultural Land Valuation Report (2014)
- OpenSky’s Real taxpayers of Nebraska (2013)
- Nebraska Tax Incentives Report
- Nebraska’s Tax Burden Studies — These studies examine the economic impact of tax changes and the estimated tax burden between income groups resulting from these tax changes. Analysis, methodology, and economic impacts are the key components of the studies.
- Nebraska Tax Expenditure Reports — These reports detail tax and fee expenditures as a result of tax exemptions, deductions and credits. The full reports are required in even-numbered years. During odd-numbered years, an interim report is published on selected sales tax exemptions.
Other links
- Looking for Clarity — OpenSky’s budget and tax policy primer
- Investing in Our Future — OpenSky’s K-12 finance primer
- Nebraska taxes at a glance
- Income and demographic stats by legislative district