OpenSky Policy Institute, along with partners, called Monday for the U.S. Sens. Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer to consider prioritizing expansion of the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit [...]
During a recent OpenSky webinar, a Georgetown University Law Professor and a member of the Eagle Forum of California both warned of the dangers of LR 14 – a measure being debated by Nebraska [...]
Over the past few weeks, OpenSky staff members have been analyzing the state and federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the potential fiscal and economic impact of the virus. Here we circle back to provide an update on some of the issues we have written about as part of this work.
Learn more about National Public Radio's series, "School Money -- The Cost of Opportunity," which focuses on school finance in America.
Senate votes for retail fairness U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer were among a strong bi-partisan Senate contingent that voted on Monday to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act – which gives [...]
A big take home from the report released Thursday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is that states that were able to thrive after cutting their had something to fall back on to replace lost revenue – namely oil and natural gas.
Institue on Taxation and Economic Policy and Citizens for Tax Justice New analysis compares competing tax cut extension plans New analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) [...]
North Dakota overwhelmingly votes to keep property tax This week voters in North Dakota made history, defeating a ballot measure aimed at repealing all property taxes in the state. Measure 2, which [...]
Oklahoma rejects tax cut proposal Nebraska was not alone this year in facing the prospect of damaging tax cuts. In the past few months, proposals for major income tax cuts were debated [...]
