KETV on March 27: Showdown on property tax relief begins in legislature with only days left in session

By |2024-05-02T14:31:58-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

The debate over giving you more property tax relief is underway the state legislature. Lawmakers have only a few days left in the session to pass LB 388. "There's been so much misinformation [...]

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WOWT on March 27: Nebraska Legislature debates increase in sales tax for property tax relief

By |2024-05-02T14:30:39-05:00March 27th, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

A debate on property tax relief started in the Nebraska Legislature on Wednesday, and an increase in the sales tax is part of the discussion. LB388, proposed by State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, seeks [...]

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VIDEO: Why proposed tax shift is wrong for Nebraska

By |2024-03-26T18:35:44-05:00March 26th, 2024|Budget & Budget Process, Budget and Budget Process, Education, Education, Home Featured, OpenSky, Revenue, Revenue|

https://youtu.be/NgHmxFF7dXo   The tax package designed to lower property taxes paid to local political subdivisions would increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income working families and make it increasingly difficult [...]

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North Platte Telegraph on March 22: Consumption tax backers’ assumptions challenged at Thursday at North Platte forum

By |2024-05-02T14:45:04-05:00March 22nd, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

A longtime lobbyist says a broad array of Nebraskans’ everyday purchases and services logically would be subject to the consumption taxes a statewide petition drive’s leaders want enacted. Korby Gilbertson of Lincoln [...]

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Omaha World-Herald on March 21: ‘Huge’ Nebraska tax plan would cut school property taxes and raise sales tax

By |2024-05-02T14:58:27-05:00March 21st, 2024|OpenSky in the Media|

School property taxes would drop by more than 45% statewide while state sales taxes could go up as much as 1 cent under a tax plan advanced Thursday by the Legislature’s Revenue [...]

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