Tax hike comes with disproportionate burden

A proposal that would raise the state’s sales tax by 1% would add to what all Nebraskans pay for goods and services, placing a greater tax burden on average-income taxpayers while high-wage [...]

By |2024-02-07T12:13:35-06:00February 7th, 2024|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Home Featured, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|Comments Off on Tax hike comes with disproportionate burden

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (1/19/24)

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 [...]

By |2024-01-19T13:29:59-06:00January 19th, 2024|Budget and Tax, Education, Education, Federal Tax & Budget, Federal Tax and Budget, Home Featured, Income tax, Nebraska, Revenue, Revenue|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (1/19/24)

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/29/23)

  91,000 Thanks to a successful ballot initiative, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that 91,000 workers – 9.5% of Nebraska’s workforce – will see a wage increase when the state’s minimum wage [...]

By |2023-12-29T09:27:29-06:00December 29th, 2023|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Tax, Economic Development, Economic Development, Health Care, Healthcare, Home Featured, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/29/23)

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/15/23)

  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. [...]

By |2023-12-15T10:35:46-06:00December 15th, 2023|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Budget and Tax, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Education, Health Care, Healthcare, Home Featured, Income tax, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (12/15/23)

Recapping OpenSky’s Fall Policy Symposium – VIDEO INCLUDED

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 [...]

By |2023-10-26T16:58:10-05:00October 26th, 2023|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Budget and Tax, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Education, Health Care, Healthcare, Home Featured, Income tax, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|Comments Off on Recapping OpenSky’s Fall Policy Symposium – VIDEO INCLUDED

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (6/30/23)

$250 The Internal Revenue Service estimates that the average taxpayer spends 13 hours and $250 each year to prepare and file their taxes. That represents billions of dollars paid annually by working [...]

By |2023-06-29T12:22:12-05:00June 30th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Tax, Education, Home Featured, Income tax, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Focus on Nebraska fiscal policy (6/30/23)

OpenSkyLIGHTS: Shedding light on Nebraska fiscal policy (6/16/23)

19 million The temporary expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan has expired and reverted to the 2017 tax law. Under those provisions, 19 million children [...]

By |2023-06-16T08:35:18-05:00June 16th, 2023|Ballot Measures, Ballot Measures, Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Budget and Tax, Education, Education, Home Featured, Income tax, Nebraska, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue, Voucher|Comments Off on OpenSkyLIGHTS: Shedding light on Nebraska fiscal policy (6/16/23)
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