Taxes Issues
June 12, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
Your tax bill may be higher next year, if some members of the Douglas County board have their way. To fill a $3 million shortfall, some county commissioners have called for a property tax increase. Click here and tell your county commissioners that when Douglas county families and business owners face a shortfall, we tighten [...]
June 11, 2013 JTaxes, Energy & Environment
Americans for Prosperity recently ran ads across Nebraska, and the nation, addressing the need for Congress to say no to new energy taxes. Here’s a report from CNN covering our efforts: Online ads, backed by a six-figure buy from a conservative group, are hitting the web urging lawmakers to oppose a tax on carbon emissions. [...]
June 05, 2013 JTaxes, Legislative Session
This week marked the last day of the Nebraska Legislature’s 2013 session. The positive: there were no tax increases, and there were a few tax cuts. The budget is balanced. Nebraska did not implement ObamaCare through Medicaid expansion and spending will be more transparent. The negative: state spending is growing rapidly. Comprehensive tax reform was [...]
June 03, 2013 JTaxes, Labor, Education & Pensions
Recently a local school administrator wrote an editorial bemoaning the fact their district would not be receiving an increase in taxpayer-funded state aid funding. We asked the question; with the Superintendent receiving compensation equal to $160-per-student is taxpayer money being wisely spent? Superintendent pay Wahoo Public Schools Superintendent Galen Boldt penned a letter critical of [...]
May 29, 2013 JTaxes, Legislative Session
Sen. Bob Krist attacks AFP on the floor of the Nebraska Unicameral for having the gall to let constituents know how their state senators vote on the issues. At issue is an amendment to the state budget offered by Sen. Ken Schilz that would have provided direct property tax relief to Nebraska families. Unfortunately, the [...]