Webinar: Impact on Agriculture
Webinar: Impact on Agriculture
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Nebraska’s Job Creation Emergency
Nebraska’s Job Creation Emergency
All over the country, governors used executive orders to reduce health care licensing restrictions in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Regulatory changes included waiving fees, granting recognition of out-of-state medical personnel licenses, allowing immediate licensure for students who had not quite completed their clinical program, and waiving certain testing requirements for nursing assistants. This temporary...
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: the Next 90 Days
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: the Next 90 Days
Our Goal: Protect the health, safety, and economic opportunity of all Nebraskans. Our Approach: As Nebraska’s Directed Health Measures are eased, working Nebraskans will need new and safe opportunities in a changed economy. For Nebraska to experience a full economic recovery, it will require a fertile environment for new businesses to start and existing firms...
Webinar: Laura Ebke, Institute for Justice & Goldwater Institute on Licensing Reform
Webinar: Laura Ebke, Institute for Justice & Goldwater Institute on Licensing Reform
Laura Ebke joins Meagan Forbes from the Institute for Justice and Heather Curry of the Goldwater Institute to discuss job licensing reforms in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Webinar: Laura Ebke and Shoshana Weissmann on Post-COVID Recovery
Webinar: Laura Ebke and Shoshana Weissmann on Post-COVID Recovery
Platte Institute Senior Fellow for Job Licensing Reform Laura Ebke joined a recent webcast along with R Street Institute’s Shoshana Weissmann as the two discussed the landscape for job licensing and regulatory reform in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Looking Ahead to Fewer Barriers for Recovery
Looking Ahead to Fewer Barriers for Recovery
Scroll through the assorted blog posts on this page, or take a look at the Platte Institute website, or at our Twitter or Facebook pages, and you’ll see that we continue to look forward to helping Nebraska develop good policy in the post-COVID-19 reality. From our first big webinar offering Policy Director Sarah Curry’s discussion...
Webinar: COVID-19 and Nebraska’s Economy
Webinar: COVID-19 and Nebraska’s Economy
Ernie Goss & Scott Strain on the economic impact of COVID-19 on Nebraska.
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19?
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19?
43% of businesses have temporarily closed.
Don’t Call it a “Stimulus”
Don’t Call it a “Stimulus”
Federal relief may help, but it can't stimulate a shut down economy.
Lifting Regulations is how Nebraska’s Economy can Stay Alive During and After COVID-19
Lifting Regulations is how Nebraska’s Economy can Stay Alive During and After COVID-19
To see the version of this article published in the Lincoln Journal Star, click here. The pandemic that is affecting every state in our nation did not discriminate and has hit us here at home in Nebraska. From March 14th to March 21st, initial unemployment claims rose 1,871% from the previous week. However, there are...
Jim Vokal’s Statement on COVID-19 Health Care Licensing Executive Order
Jim Vokal’s Statement on COVID-19 Health Care Licensing Executive Order
Jim Vokal's statement on Executive Order 20-10.
Governor Ricketts signs emergency order for health care licensing reciprocity
Governor Ricketts signs emergency order for health care licensing reciprocity
An emergency executive order can help more medical personnel respond to the COVID-19 crisis in Nebraska.
Are we there yet? Looking ahead to life after COVID-19
Are we there yet? Looking ahead to life after COVID-19
I suspect that we’ve all been just a little out of sorts lately. While I personally work from home most of the time, I’m usually able to do that work without kids in the house–and I usually jump in the car and run to the grocery store, or downtown to the post office or to...
State should allow to-go mixed drink sales
State should allow to-go mixed drink sales
UPDATE: Govenor Ricketts issued Executive Order “to provide relief to restaurants and bars” In a time of emergency many regulations are lifted to help business continue and keep people employed. Many states and large cities have lifted regulations allowing for the curbside or delivery sale of alcoholic beverages to keep these places in business. The...