The Platte Institute for Economic Research is proud to honor Brandy McMorris as the winner of the Platte Institute’s 2016 Connie Brown Freedom Award.
Nebraska needs Occupational Licensing Reform to remove barriers to new jobs and entrepreneurship.
Nebraskans running businesses great and small are the real heroes of the Platte Institute's 2016 Legislative Summit.
Nebraska's policymakers need to find solutions for cutting back harmful red tape regulation.
Bureaucratic red tape imposes barriers to Nebraskans getting better jobs and starting more businesses.
Gallup CEO and Chairman Jim Clifton says that the state of entrepreneurship will determine the country's economic destiny.
A national ranking of states shows Nebraska lags behind its neighbors and rivals in economic freedom.
Job creation and tax reform matter in Nebraska, perhaps now more than at any other time.
The Omaha World-Herald Editorial Board says it's time for Nebraska to reform overly burdensome state occupational licensing laws.
Jim Vokal joins the KFAB Good Morning Show to discuss our new video about the barriers to economic opportunity faced by hardworking Nebraskans: See the video here:
Since 1992, the majority of income that has left Nebraska due to out-migration has relocated to just a handful of faster-growing states.
Five states are Nebraska's key competitiors for the jobs, population, and incomes that lead to growth.
Nebraska is falling behind the rest of the country in the creation of new jobs and population growth.
From 2004-2014, Nebraska ranked below the national average on two very important economic measures.