Nebraska’s budget funds for services at the core of the Good Life. In fact, more than 90 percent of the state’s general fund budget goes to fund education, health and human services and public safety. As such, the budget decisions our policymakers have serious implications for all Nebraskans.
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 [...]
2.6% Since the start of 2020, Nebraska brought in more tax revenue than it would have collected under its pre-pandemic growth rate, but the state’s growth in revenues trailed the national average. [...]
29,000 Although many public benefit programs will continue during a federal government shutdown, which could start as early as this weekend, an extended shutdown would put vital nutrition assistance at risk for [...]
RSVP today for OpenSky’s Fall Policy Symposium, your opportunity to gather with Nebraska’s key thinkers and policy leaders to discuss major policy issues before the next legislative session. The Symposium is set for [...]
13.4% The latest assessment of poverty in America offered another reminder of the importance of policy choices in providing positive effects for generations to come. Census data show the nation’s child poverty [...]
Nebraska’s workforce challenges will be among several topics on the agenda for OpenSky Policy Institute’s 2023 Fall Policy Symposium, your opportunity to gather with Nebraska’s key thinkers and policy leaders to discuss [...]
2.3% Very few wealthy Nebraskans packed up and moved across the border over the past decade as compared to other states. Only Texas, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Alabama and Louisiana had smaller out-migration [...]
$218 million In its report to the Tax Rate Review Committee, the Legislative Fiscal Office noted that taxpayers claimed $380 million of the $598 million in LB 1107 property tax credits authorized [...]
$6.368 billion Net General Fund tax receipts in Nebraska for FY 2022-23 totaled $6.368 billion, or 0.05% above the April forecast. But with recent tax cuts not reflected in those numbers and [...]
1.6 million As more states begin the year-long process to review Medicaid eligibility after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that nationally, 1.6 million people have [...]