LINCOLN — An initiative petition drive seeking a 35% rebate for property taxes paid is setting its sights on the state’s urban areas after gaining signatures in rural Nebraska. Read the full [...]
Build relationships. That's the first advice that a roomful of legislative candidates heard from a panel of mostly new state senators during an informal panel presentation at Open Sky Policy Institute's fall [...]
The two-year wait to expand Medicaid access will cost Nebraskans who need it and could lead to increased costs to the state, those gathered at a rally and hearing said. Read the [...]
A petition drive that seeks to lower Nebraska property taxes by sharply cutting state revenue is gaining steam and donations despite concerns from some groups that it would force lawmakers to raise [...]
Nebraska public schools are about to receive the biggest boost in state aid since stimulus money rained down from Washington 10 years ago. Read the full article online.
Don Pederson, a 10-year state senator and former Humanities Nebraska chair, has died. He was 90 years old. Pederson’s wife, June, confirmed he died early Sunday morning from pancreatic cancer, which he [...]
Woods Charitable Fund’s board of directors approved grants in its spring grant cycle totaling $297,600 to 17 tax-exempt organizations. Five of these grants will benefit organizations providing summer programming across Lincoln. The [...]
When Nebraska voters chose to expand Medicaid coverage last November, they recognized not only the health benefits of expanded insurance coverage, but also the economic impact of it. Expansion is estimated to [...]
The urban-rural split remains alive and well as the Nebraska Legislature enters into its final crucial days. It has reared its head in debate on the budget, property tax relief, eminent domain [...]
New tax incentive law. Two former senators are slamming a proposed replacement for the state’s main business incentive act as failing to address past “mistakes.” “There are better ways for the state to [...]