Regulatory Reform
Job Licensing Reviews: Education Committee
The Occupational Board Reform Act (OBRA) was passed in 2018 and became effective in 2019. It requires legislative…
Regulatory Reform
Job Licensing Reviews: Business and Labor Committee and General Affairs Committee
[Note: This is the second in a group of articles reviewing occupational licensing reviews for the first five-plus…
Regulatory Reform
Licensing Reviews: Agriculture and Banking Committees
The Occupational Board Reform Act (OBRA) was passed in 2018 and became effective in 2019. It requires legislative…
Regulatory Reform
Occupational board reform act: review of reviews
Beginning in the summer of 2019, committees of the Nebraska Legislature have been reviewing, on a rotating basis,…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska Must Prepare for Federal Medicaid Reform
President Trump is working with Congressional leaders to produce one “big beautiful bill” that will set the tax…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska Technology & Freedom Policy Primer
The “Nebraska Technology & Freedom Policy Primer” is a document designed to analyze and enhance the technology policy…
Regulatory Reform
Frasier Institute North American Freedom Ranking
The Frasier Institute recently published its Economic Freedom of North American 2024 report. The study looks at indices…
Regulatory Reform
Federal Funds Inventory
This week, the Government Committee will hear the last of our GOAT (Government Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency) bills.…
Regulatory Reform
Rolling out the GOAT
The Platte Institute has joined with six state senators to roll out a package of bills aimed at…
Regulatory Reform
Regulatory Modernization Polling Results
As we approached the 2025 Legislative session, the Platte Institute commissioned some polling to see whether Nebraskans were…
Regulatory Reform
Less Bureaucracy, More Opportunity: Nebraska’s REINS Act Vision
Check out our new video to see how the Platte Institute is advocating for a state style REINS…
Regulatory Reform
2023-2024 Nebraska Occupational Licensing Review
The Platte Institute began its work in occupational licensing policy in earnest in 2016. Our 2018 review highlighted…