Government Spending
Convention of States Application Follows Long Nebraska Tradition
State Sen. Laura Ebke discusses Nebraska's history of applying for Article V Conventions of States.
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
No, Smokers Aren’t Going to Pay Your Property Tax
Relying on smokers to pay your taxes for you is about as bad of an idea for the…
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?
Government Spending
Ralston Residents Must Pay the Piper for Arena Woes
The Ralston Arena may have put the small city on the map for all the wrong reasons.
Government Spending
Teeing off with tax dollars in North Platte
Unkept promises with the operation of a public golf course in one Nebraska city tell quite a story…
Tax Policy
Nebraska’s Destructive Inheritance Tax
Nebraska has the dubious honor of being named by Forbes as a place “not to die." This warning…