Government Spending
A Flurry of Fraud: City Clerks Have Recently Stolen Money from 17 Nebraska Towns
By Addie Costello Flatwater Free Press Over and over again, Steve Sharp told the village clerk that she…
Tax Policy
Report rewards Nebraska’s peers moving to flat income taxes
Nebraska ranks 36th in economic outlook according to the 2022 Rich States, Poor States report. The annual report ranks…
Regulatory Reform
3 Building Blocks for More Housing in Nebraska
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Nebraska communities of all sizes were experiencing housing shortages, and from 2008 to…
Nebraskanomics
Nebraska’s Primary Problem, with Unite America’s Tyler Fisher
Election policy expert Tyler Fisher, from the nonpartisan reform group Unite America, joins Jim Vokal to discuss why…
The Full Platter
Nebraska unemployment rate dips below 2%
Nebraska picked up 1,900 non-farm payroll jobs in April according to new monthly data from the Bureau of…
Tax Policy
Strong revenues give Nebraska fuel for more tax reform
A gusher of tax revenues poured into Nebraska state coffers in April, creating an unexpected revenue bump for…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska Broadband Progress Report with Commissioner Mary Ridder, Mike Hybl & Jim Ediger
On a special episode of Nebraskanomics, Jim Smith asks three experts on telecommunications and regulation about the state’s…
Tax Policy
Nebraska’s 2022 tax cuts: What’s good & what’s not
Nebraska entered the 2022 legislative session with its tax code ranked 35th in structural competitiveness, according to Tax…
Regulatory Reform
Go big for Nebraska’s small towns and businesses
Republished from Nebraska Examiner Even people born in Nebraska might struggle to find the village of Ohiowa on a…
The Full Platter
Speaker Mike Hilgers and Jim Vokal discuss Nebraska small business on Tech Forward Webcast
How are small businesses in Nebraska using technology to respond to today’s economic challenges? Nebraska Legislature Speaker Mike…
Blueprint Nebraska
Platte Institute names new chair who will help guide Blueprint Nebraska growth plan
by Cindy Gonzalez, Nebraska Examiner North Platte, Nebraska, businessman Pat Keenan, whose career began in the soft drink…
Regulatory Reform
Nebraska continues towards full jobs recovery from pandemic recession
Nebraska gained 400 non-farm payroll jobs in March and its unemployment rate fell from 2.1% to 2.0%, according…