Policy Studies
New Iowa law provides model for Nebraska to reform local bond elections
Two school bond elections in Omaha-area schools succeeded by a 2-1 margin on May 9, authorizing more than…
Tax Policy
Nebraska property tax relief in LB 243
Nebraska lawmakers have laid out an ambitious goal of achieving historic income tax and property tax relief in…
Policy Studies
Nebraska’s Licensing Challenges Continue
As the glow of Nebraska’s annual Spring Game leads to dreams of hearing “We’re Number 1” at Memorial…
Policy Studies
LB 754 fiscal and economic impact
Nebraska has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to overhaul its tax code in 2023. A successful tax reform will pay…
Government Spending
Matt Wynn on Tracking Government Salaries
The Flatwater Free Press is Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories that matter.…
Tax Policy
Missouri House advances bill to cut its corporate tax in half
North Carolina made state tax history in 2021 by passing a law to eliminate the state’s corporate income…
Tax Policy
LB 754 keeps Nebraska’s income tax progressive
Nebraska has a progressive state income tax. This means that higher income earners pay a greater portion of…
Tax Policy
Summary and analysis of income tax reform in LB 754
Nebraska’s Revenue Committee advanced an amendment to LB 754 out of committee on a 7-1 vote last week,…
Policy Studies
The state tax revolution sweeps across the Great Plains
Nebraska lawmakers took a key step towards historic tax reform last week. Revenue Committee lawmakers voted to consolidate…
Policy Studies
Nebraska’s tax code should encourage remote workers to move in
Nebraska has one of the most aggressive regimes for taxation of non-resident income in the country, according to…
Government Spending
Nebraska should join the responsible state budget revolution
Nebraska’s Revenue Committee is advancing a broad overhaul of the state’s tax code. These reforms, if enacted, would…
Tax Policy
Mississippi advances full expensing through both chambers
Mississippi lawmakers advanced legislation to enact full expensing this week, with separate bills passing in the legislature’s House…