Legislative Testimonies
Legislative Testimony, LB295: Opportunity Scholarships Act
The Platte Institute supports Opportunity Scholarship tax credits, which are now used in 17 states to encourage donations…
Regulatory Reform
Legislative Testimony: LB 1045, Defining Independent Contractors
Policymakers must ensure there are greater opportunities and mobility within the growing on-demand economy.
Legislative Testimonies
Legislative Testimony: LB 851, Transparency Requirements for Quasi-Public State Entities
Citizens must have the necessary tools to monitor the increasingly complex state budget process.
Tax Policy
Legislative Testimony: LB 936, Change Inheritance Tax Rates & Exemptions
Having the country's highest possible inheritance tax rate once branded Nebraska as a state not to die in…
Tax Policy
Legislative Testimony: LB 1013, Cigarette Tax Increase
Research shows cigarette tax increases don't provide stable revenue or stop many from smoking.
Legislative Testimonies
Legislative Testimony: LB 817, Direct Primary Care
Direct primary care is an innovative free-market model that would give Nebraskans more choices and control over their…
Government Spending
Legislative Testimony: LB 958, Property Tax Limits
The Platte Institute supports measures to limit property taxes through local spending restraint.
Regulatory Reform
Legislative Testimony: LB 898, Credentialing Requirements for Natural Hair Braiding
Should a service as simple as braiding hair require 2,100 hours of costly, state-certified, training and education?