The Full Platter
Out of the Shadows: Ending Regulation-by-Guidance
Most of us picture lawmaking as a public process: a bill is introduced, debated, amended, approved by the legislature, signed by the governor, and scrutinized carefully. But agencies are increasingly bypassing that public…
Governor Jim Pillen on Building a More Competitive Nebraska
Tune in to the latest episode of Nebraskanomics as we welcome the 41st Governor of the State of Nebraska, Governor Jim Pillen. During the episode Governor Pillen and Platte Institute Chief Executive Officer Jim Vokal discuss…
How Changing Demographics Affect Nebraskans’ Wallets
In the last three posts on this topic, we’ve examined the shifting sands of Nebraska’s demographics. We’ve seen that we are actively losing the regional race for domestic migration (Post 1), that our population is rapidly…
Research Note: Housing Affordability in Nebraska
This is the sixth (and final) in a series of research notes written by our summer intern, Ethan, exploring different facets of housing policy, both in Nebraska and in some of our sister states. Housing affordability…
How Nebraska’s Child Care Crisis Accelerates the Rural Brain Drain
If you want to understand the future of Nebraska’s economy, you have to look at who is building it. In our previous post, we mapped the geographic reality of Nebraska’s population: steady growth consolidating along the I-80…
Ricky Feir on Childcare in Nebraska
Tune in to the latest episode of Nebraskanomics as we welcome research specialist with the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, Ricky Feir. During the episode Ricky and Platte CEO Jim Vokal discuss the impact…
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…
How Lincoln Raised Property Taxes Without Raising Rates
Lincoln’s new budget levies the same property tax rate as last year, with Mayor Gaylor Baird boasting that “except for voter-approved stormwater bonds, the city of Lincoln has not increased the property tax rate during my…
Nebraska’s Child Care Costs Are Holding Back Young Families
We recently posted about childcare regulations, and Nebraska’s solid standing according to the Archbridge Institute. But there are lots of data points to consider when it comes to childcare issues, and how childcare…
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