Research Notes
Increased Housing Density can Increase Local Property Tax Revenue
This is the third in a series of Research Notes written by our summer intern, Ethan Roth. This summer, his work focused on housing issues. This post is a review of a study done by the American Enterprise Institute. Local…
Public Choice Theory and Land Use Zoning Regulations
This is the second in a series of Research Notes written by our summer intern, Ethan Roth. Ethan had the opportunity to attend a weekend economics conference earlier this summer and incorporated some of what he’s finding in…
Papillion and Missing Middle Housing
This is the first in a series of “Research Notes” compiled by our summer intern, Ethan Roth. We have him looking at an assortment of things related to housing in Nebraska. We thought others might be interested in some of the…
What Rural Nebraska Is Losing
NOTE: Before he left, our previous intern provided a blog post based on a paper he’d written for school, discussing the challenges of big cities (especially Omaha) in our state. For his inaugural post, our current intern,…
What Omaha Can Learn from Des Moines
Note: This is the final blog post by Jakob Myers, the Platte Institute’s intern for the last year. Jakob has made great contributions to important policy areas for us since coming on board. This blog post is adapted from a…
How Changes in AI Regulation Could Affect Nebraska
A couple of weeks before Christmas, following the President’s recent executive order on artificial intelligence (AI), the Nebraska Examiner published an article examining the potential implications for Nebraska. While the…
Research Note: Changes in AI Regulations
On Thursday, December 11, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting state-level regulations on artificial intelligence (AI). The order is the latest in a series of efforts by the administration to centralize…
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