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WEB3 days ago · BY: Aaron Sanderford - September 30, 2024. OMAHA — Allegations flew Monday in Nebraska’s most competitive U.S. Senate race, with one campaign threatening legal action over campaign advertising and a report about talk of “Hitler Youth.”. Nebraska nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter to an outside ...
Public hearings scheduled for Nebraska’s six ballot measures
WEB2 days ago · LINCOLN — The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office has scheduled a series of hearings across the state to let the public weigh in on six ballot measures ahead of the November election. State law requires the office to host public hearings in each of Nebraska’s three congressional districts on all ballot initiatives or referendums on the ...
Income tax cuts will be protected during Nebraska property tax …
WEBJun 28, 2024 · ‘Keep that massive win’ Last year, lawmakers approved a long-sought reduction in the state’s income tax rates that will lower the top rates to 3.99% by 2027.. Pillen is now pushing ahead with his stated goal that by the end of 2024 — his second year as governor — the state will have eliminated or shifted a total of 40% of the state’s tax burden away from property taxes.
Largest venture in NU history, Project Health, gets green light from ...
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.
Term-limited Nebraska lawmakers mount what could be last push …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.
Nominating commission forwards chief justice applicants to …
WEB1 day ago · Pillen must make an appointment from the list within 60 days, or the appointment will be made by the chief justice or acting chief justice, from the same list, per the Nebraska Constitution.. Chief Justice Mike Heavican submitted his notice of retirement in August, indicating he intended to leave the high court Oct. 31. Heavican, who was appointed to the court in 2005, is the second-longest ...
Existing ‘equalization aid’ to schools could be main Nebraska …
WEBAug 7, 2024 · LINCOLN — A soon-to-be revamped property tax relief proposal in the Nebraska Legislature would use an existing school aid formula to funnel at least $1.8 billion to the state’s 244 school districts.. That change would be made largely to replace local property taxes with state funding, dropping maximum school tax rates for operational expenses from $1.05 per $100 of property valuations to a ...
Nebraska Gov. Pillen taking ‘potshots’ at state senators while …
WEBJun 15, 2024 · In successive town halls over the last several weeks, the governor has moved away from removing certain state sales tax exemptions, such as those on items that are also taxed as personal property after purchase. As of Friday, Pillen spoke of taking three other tax exemptions off the table: groceries, medicine and church transactions. The carveouts determine which products or services are or ...
Third attempt made to prohibit state-led ‘unfunded mandates’ on ...
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Nebraskans want accountability from their elected officials and government. They want to know whether their tax dollars are being well-spent, whether state agencies and local governments are responsive to the people and whether officials, programs and policies are working for the common good.