Nebraska Examiner on April 2: Pillen tax plan limps forward after sponsor agrees to remove sales tax increase

By |2024-05-02T14:22:33-05:00April 2nd, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

Gov. Jim Pillen’s property tax plan limped forward Tuesday after its chief sponsor agreed to strip out its most controversial component: a proposed 1-cent increase in state sales taxes. The bill advanced [...]

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A tax shift, not a new investment in students

By |2024-04-02T09:54:43-05:00April 2nd, 2024|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Education, Education, Home Featured, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|

The package of bills designed to lower property taxes paid to fund local government services is a complicated equation, but what does it add up to for Nebraska’s students? The proposal included [...]

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Omaha World-Herald on March 28: No vote yet on Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to raise Nebraska sales tax, cut property tax

By |2024-05-02T14:26:31-05:00March 28th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

Nebraska lawmakers launched Wednesday into a long-awaited debate about Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to cut property taxes by raising state sales taxes. But they adjourned for the day before reaching a vote [...]

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York News-Times on March 27: EPIC talk: Henderson Chamber of Commerce holds meeting about EPIC tax option

By |2024-05-02T14:39:33-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

The Henderson Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a presentation from OpenSky Policy Institute about the EPIC Option, a proposed tax cut which would eliminate all state income, property, inheritance and corporate taxes. [...]

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Nebraska Examiner on March 27: A tale of competing projections: Governor’s Office, OpenSky figures differ

By |2024-05-02T14:37:34-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

Nebraskans are being presented with two starkly different projections on whether taxpayers will be paying less, or more, under Gov. Jim Pillen’s proposed property tax relief plan. The plans calls for up [...]

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Nebraska Examiner on March 27: Debate begins on ‘massive’ tax bill proposed by governor to reduce property taxes

By |2024-05-02T14:36:38-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

Debate on Gov. Jim Pillen’s epic and controversial property tax relief plan began Wednesday, with advocates saying it will result in a net tax savings and opponents saying it’s a tax shift [...]

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North Platte Telegraph on March 27: OpenSky leader criticizes property tax plan as LB 388 debate begins

By |2024-05-02T14:35:31-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

A property tax relief plan before the Legislature likely isn’t sustainable and unwisely targets sales taxes to fund it, the leader of a Lincoln-based state policy research group said Wednesday in North [...]

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