News Releases
VIDEO: Nebraska Losing Taxpayers 10 Years Running
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE from the Platte Institute Video and audio recordings of today’s Platte Institute Virtual News Conference…
Tax Policy
Nebraska is losing taxpayers. See where they’re moving.
When taxpayers vote with their feet, policymakers should listen. Nebraska endured one of the nation’s largest migration-caused losses…
Regulatory Reform
Eli Vedral of Kookaburra Cookies on Nebraska Cottage Food Opportunities
Eli Vedral, a student-athlete at Creighton University, joins Jim to discuss how a change in Nebraska legislation enabled…
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…
News Releases
Video News Release: Primary Election Reform Options
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE from the Platte Institute Contact: Adam Weinberg (402) 500-0209 aweinberg@platteinstitute.org New podcast: Nebraska’s “Primary Problem”…
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…
News Releases
Video News Release: Experts provide Nebraska broadband update
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE from the Platte Institute Contact: Adam Weinberg (402) 500-0209 aweinberg@platteinstitute.org Experts provide Nebraska broadband update…
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…