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News from July 2023

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Nebraska collected 6.8% more in income taxes in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, $4 billion came from income taxes, a 6.8 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska ranks 45th in the U.S. for the most selective sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 15, 2023

In 2022, Nebraska collected $649,377,000 in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 45th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska collected $175,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, less than 0.1 percent, or $175,000, came from pari-mutuels sales tax, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska collected 0.4% less in taxes on hunting and fishing licenses in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, $19.5 million came from taxes on hunting and fishing licenses, a 0.4 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Less than 10 people die from diabetes mellitus in Nebraska during week ending July 8

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 15, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in Nebraska in the week ending July 8, making up less than 3.2% of total deaths by all causes in Nebraska.

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PHOTO RELEASE: Ricketts Visits Pabradė Camp During NATO Summit

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, visited Camp Herkus, the U.S. Army base in Pabradė, Lithuania

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Nebraska ranks 38th in the U.S. for the most general sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

In 2022, Nebraska collected $2,635,775,000 in general sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 38th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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52.8% decrease in number of VA loans issued across Nebraska from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 484 home loans totaling $139.9 million in Nebraska during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Less than 10 people die from kidney disease in Nebraska during week ending July 8

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Nebraska in the week ending July 8, making up less than 3.2% of total deaths by all causes in Nebraska.

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Less than 10 people die from influenza and pneumonia in Nebraska during week ending July 8

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in Nebraska in the week ending July 8, making up less than 3.2% of total deaths by all causes in Nebraska.

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Residents and visitors to Nebraska paid $7.5 billion in taxes in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

Nebraska collected $7.5 billion in taxes in 2022, a 7.4 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska: Biologics companies were the least FDA inspected companies in Nebraska in Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection at one Biologics company from Nebraska in the second quarter of 2023.

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Nebraska collected $649.4 million in selective sales and gross receipts taxes in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, 8.7 percent, or $649.4 million, came from selective sales and gross receipts taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska collected 32.3% more in taxes on alcoholic beverages licenses in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, $1.3 million came from taxes on alcoholic beverages licenses, a 32.3 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska collected 8% more in sales and gross receipts taxes in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $7.5 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2022, $3.3 billion came from sales and gross receipts taxes, an 8 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Ricketts, Colleagues Demand Answers from DOJ After Reports of “Service Centers” Operating in U.S.

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined a group of ten Republican Senators, led by U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), to demand answers from the Department of Justice about reports of “Overseas Chinese Service Centers” (OCSCs) with ties to the Chinese Communist Party operating within the United States

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FDA conducted second lowest number of inspections on device companies in Nebraska during Q2 2023

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 13, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted two inspections at two device companies from Nebraska in the second quarter of 2023.

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Nebraska ranks 38th in the U.S. for the most sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 13, 2023

In 2022, Nebraska collected $3,285,152,000 in sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 38th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nebraska ranked 39th among U.S. states in total VA home loans during 2022

By Cornhusker State News | Jul 13, 2023

Nebraska ranked 39th in VA home loans in 2022 with 4,425 loans issued.

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Ricketts Joins Group of 35 Senators Urging Biden to Ensure NATO Countries Meet Defense Spending Commitments

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 13, 2023

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, joined Senator Dan Sullivan R-AK) and 33 other Senate colleagues to urge President Biden ensure North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries meet their defense spending commitments