Podcast: Southeast Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
Podcast: Southeast Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
This video may also be viewed and shared on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to read the online poll responses from this town hall.
Property tax transparency measure gets 89% support at Northeast town hall
Property tax transparency measure gets 89% support at Northeast town hall
Voters and taxpayers from Northeast Nebraska joined the Platte Institute’s third Virtual Property Tax Town Hall of summer 2020, and like participants in the previous online events, they had the option to vote in five online straw polls about various property tax issues. While participants expressed similar levels of support for cutting government spending to...
Podcast: Northeast Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
Podcast: Northeast Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
This video may also be viewed and shared on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to read the online poll results from this town hall.
Analysis: Property tax reform depends on economic recovery
Analysis: Property tax reform depends on economic recovery
Lawmakers are set to hold a hearing today on decoupling the state’s tax code from federal CARES Act tax policies that provide emergency economic relief to those most impacted by COVID-19, which will reduce business and employee Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in one way or another. Because these CARES Act policies will reduce many Nebraskans’...
Legislative Testimony: AM3093, Decoupling from CARES Act tax provisions
Legislative Testimony: AM3093, Decoupling from CARES Act tax provisions
Chairwoman Linehan and members of the Revenue Committee, my name is Sarah Curry, and I am the Policy Director for the Platte Institute. I am here today to testify in opposition to AM3093. It is no secret to any of the committee members that the Platte Institute supports conformity to the CARES Act tax provisions....
Podcast: Vokal talks Northeast Nebraska Virtual Town Hall on KTIC
Podcast: Vokal talks Northeast Nebraska Virtual Town Hall on KTIC
Register for the Northeast Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall at PlatteInstitute.org/Events.
Poll shows more voters oppose blocking COVID-19 business tax relief
Poll shows more voters oppose blocking COVID-19 business tax relief
NET’s Fred Knapp reported on Twitter this week about a tax issue poll conducted by the campaign committee of Nebraska state Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, who is also the chair of the Revenue Committee. According to the documents provided by the campaign, the poll was a telephone survey of 509 Nebraska voters conducted from July...
Why the CARES Act is a different situation than the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Why the CARES Act is a different situation than the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Nebraska, like every state, is experiencing economic uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The state will need to use caution as it makes revenue and spending decisions throughout this crisis. However, several structural tax changes have already been made at the federal level that will promote a stronger economic recovery in Nebraska. On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...
Legislature may take a slice out of local pizza shop’s recovery
Legislature may take a slice out of local pizza shop’s recovery
Seven years ago, there was no Italian restaurant in Scottsbluff. Area diners craving lasagna or chicken parmesan were out of luck unless they wanted to put in the effort in their own kitchens. But then Melissa Schneider, a Scottsbluff native with a background in agricultural marketing, decided to try selling a different product. On a...
Podcast: Legislative debate on LB1106
Podcast: Legislative debate on LB1106
Typical Douglas County property valuation hike nears 13%
Typical Douglas County property valuation hike nears 13%
If you are concerned about property taxes in Douglas County, the latest news isn’t the best. First, we learned that the Douglas County Assessor increased the valuations of existing residential properties by 7%. But the overall increase understates the impact on property owners. According to an Omaha World-Herald analysis of property valuations, a nearly 13%...
Central Nebraskans enthusiastic about consumption tax, but mixed on ballot initiative
Central Nebraskans enthusiastic about consumption tax, but mixed on ballot initiative
Participants in the recent Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall voted in five online polls about a variety of property tax-related questions. As with all of the Virtual Town Halls the Platte Institute is hosting this summer, the polls from these events are only the opinions of participants who made an effort to attend...
Podcast: Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
Podcast: Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
This video may also be viewed and shared on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to read the online poll results from this town hall.
Louisville voters reject a property tax increase amid the pandemic
Louisville voters reject a property tax increase amid the pandemic
As Nebraska legislators head back to Lincoln and into the last 17 days of their suspended regular session, they should keep in the back of their minds what happened in a Louisville special bond election on July 14. Louisville voters rejected a bond issue that would have allowed the district to build a new elementary...