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Tax Policy

Keep prices low and businesses competitive by avoiding taxation on business purchases

Feb 1, 2024

A well-structured retail sales tax raises revenue with minimal distortion to economic decision-making.  While the income tax creates…

Tax Policy

Governor Pillen’s Property Tax Plans: Options and Tradeoffs

Jan 30, 2024

Governor Pillen has pitched a sequel to his historic 2023 income tax cuts. The 2023 reforms slashed top…

Tax Policy

Governor Jim Pillen’s Tax Triumphs and the Future of Tax Reform

Jan 23, 2024

Governor Jim Pillen inherited a historic opportunity for tax reform in Nebraska. Revenues surged during the pandemic recovery,…

Nebraskanomics

Nebraskanomics: David Brunori on Good Tax Policy

Jan 19, 2024

Tune in to the latest episode of Nebraskanomics as we welcome economist, author, and tax policy expert David…

Tax Policy

Principles of Good Tax Policy

Jan 18, 2024 • By Jim Smith

I recently had the opportunity of catching up with David Brunori whom I worked with extensively on the…

Tax Policy

Full Expensing for Nebraska in 2024

Jan 5, 2024

Full expensing is the ideal tax policy to help Nebraska catalyze economic growth, attract capital investment, and re-shore…

Regulatory Reform

The Creative Disruption of Digital Wallets and Chinese Direct-to-Consumer Marketplaces in Holiday Shopping

Dec 21, 2023

The concept of ‘creative destruction’, coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter, where innovative market changes lead to the downfall…

Policy Studies

Looking Ahead to the 2024 Legislative Session

Dec 13, 2023

The second session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature will convene January 3rd, 2024. The 2024 session is a…

Tax Policy

Nebraska’s Path to the Top Ten, Four More Years of Tax Reform

Nov 28, 2023

To download the full “Nebraska’s Path to the Top Ten Report” click here. Summary  Nebraska entered 2022 with…

Regulatory Reform

How Nebraska ranks in freedom

Nov 27, 2023 • By Laura Ebke

The Cato Institute’s recent release of its new “Freedom in the 50 States” index should provide Nebraska policymakers…

Tax Policy

Tax reform is still in the air in Nebraska

Oct 26, 2023

Writing in the pages of National Review, Platte CEO Jim Vokal and I described Nebraska’s 2023 tax reform…

Regulatory Reform

Artificial intelligence could make lawmaking better

Oct 24, 2023

 As any high school civics teacher tries to impress upon distracted teenagers, the federal and state legislative branches…

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