Regulatory Reform
New legislation can welcome workers to Nebraska
As sometimes happens when you’re reading stories online, you stumble across things you’d never seen from months ago.…
Regulatory Reform
Help entrepreneurs find paths to success in the pandemic
A recent Wall Street Journal article opens with this line: “The coronavirus destroyed jobs. It also created entrepreneurs.”…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska has low unemployment again, but for how long?
The Nebraska Department of Labor reports that the state’s October 2020 unemployment rate declined to 3%, which ranks…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska ranks 17th in cosmetology board capture index
A new study from Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Liberty (CSEL) focuses on the…
Regulatory Reform
Court: Lincoln cottage food lawsuit can move forward
A lawsuit over city ordinances imposed on home bakers and cottage food producers in Lincoln can move forward.…
Regulatory Reform
More housing may be built in Grand Island, but not everyone is happy
A typical zoning hearing in Grand Island shows some of the challenges Nebraska faces in addressing its housing…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska’s September unemployment rate remains nation’s lowest
The Nebraska Department of Labor reports that September’s state unemployment rate remains the lowest in the country, at…
Regulatory Reform
Mobile nail salon shows the beauty of entrepreneurship
Just as the Great Recession gave rise to a generation of food truck entrepreneurs, Jadomté Mobile Nail Bar…
Regulatory Reform
Republican and Democratic governors say licensing reforms are “jobs bills”
Many states have undertaken a series of occupational licensing reforms across the country—some comprehensive and some piecemeal. From…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska state senators should make to-go cocktail rule permanent
The service industry makes up a large part of Nebraska’s economy, and as noted in a previous policy…
