Three things to know about budget proposal
A budget package forwarded by the Appropriations Committee leaves $575 million in the state’s general fund by the end of the current biennium in FY 25. But other facets of the proposal [...]
A budget package forwarded by the Appropriations Committee leaves $575 million in the state’s general fund by the end of the current biennium in FY 25. But other facets of the proposal [...]
244 We all know that school funding in Nebraska can be complex. With the Legislature committing additional funding to K-12 education in 2023 while implementing a new cap on school district revenues, [...]
A Nebraska scores an “A” on 42 factors that measure democratic governance for public schools, including the freedom to teach and learn, financial support for public education, homeschooling and privatization. The [...]
As the Legislature’s Revenue Committee weighs proposals as part of the Governor’s plan to reduce property taxes collected by political subdivisions, join OpenSky for our next legislative webinar on Wednesday, March 6. [...]
117,000 With voters set to decide on LB 753 at the ballot box in November, the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee advanced another bill (LB 1402) that would direct state funds to pay for [...]
When the U.S. Senate is back in session next week, senators are expected to consider a bipartisan tax bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would expand the federal Child [...]
1 in 5 Today is National EITC Awareness Day, a chance to remind eligible workers of the Earned Income Tax Credit. The IRS has found that 1 in 5 eligible people do [...]
After Congress expanded the federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 2021, child poverty in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low of 5.2%. When the pandemic-era expansion ended, child poverty rebounded to [...]
80,000 Roughly 80,000 children in Nebraska families with low incomes would benefit from the proposed expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit. If approved, a married couple – with one parent earning [...]
https://youtu.be/PnNaR7m7JYU As we await formal proposals in the fledgling Legislative session, OpenSky shared an overview of the state’s fiscal picture with participants in a virtual briefing on Wednesday. Nebraska is [...]
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