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 [...]
Nebraska intends to participate in a new federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program, ensuring that the families of 150,000 low-income children will have better access to nutritious food when school is [...]
$146,200 When talking about taxes, we often divide Nebraskans into five groups based on income distribution. Statistically, the starting point for the 20% of top earners is about $146,000 in 2024 dollars, [...]
With voters set to weigh in this November on legislation creating tax credits for donations to private school scholarships, new proposals in the Legislature seek to further divert public funds to private [...]
2 Two additional pieces of the governor’s plan to reduce property taxes paid to cities, counties and school districts will be discussed in today’s Revenue Committee hearing. LB 1414 adds a [...]
LB 952, a bill that would compel Nebraska to participate in a new federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program, will be discussed in today’s Health and Human Services Committee hearing. So [...]
Three bills linked to the governor’s proposal to reduce property taxes paid to fund services provided by cities, counties and school districts will be discussed in today’s Revenue Committee hearing. LB 1241 [...]
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 [...]
2% In a future of fewer births and more deaths across an aging population, immigration will play a major role in whether the United States grows or declines over future years. [...]
Understanding the history of a place is important in evaluating steps to move forward, and some of the modern-day advantages in Nebraska can be traced back to programs like the Homestead Act [...]