Platte Institute for Economic Research

2011

Want to learn more about the Keystone XL Pipeline? Sidney Sun-Telegraph, November 2, 2011
Pipeline Session Opens Today, Columbus Telegram, November 1, 2011
Special Session Offers No Guarantee, Kearny Hub, November 1, 2011
Legal Risks fill Special Session, Omaha World Herald, October 21, 2011
Platte Institute Releases Keystone Pipeline Study, Bertrand Herald, September 29, 2011
Giving People a Chance to Speak, Omaha World Herald, September 11, 2011
DHHS Making Progress in Finding Permanent..., Omaha World Herald, August 25, 2011
MUD Must Contain Costs, Omaha World Herald, August 29, 2011
Think Tank Offers BluePrint for Medicaid Reform, McCook Gazette, August 24, 2011
Group Calls Medicaid Role Unsustainable, Omaha World Herald, August 18, 2011
Think Tank Says Hold Off on Fire Union Contract, Omaha World Herald, August 4, 2011
Drug Courts Work, Omaha World Herald, August 3, 2011
Virtual School Plan Earns Praise at Education Conference, Omaha World Herald, June 22, 2011
EPA Undercutting Democratic Process..., Alliance Times Herald, June 22, 2011
Beware of AARP's spin on Medicare and Entitlement Spending, Omaha World Herald, June 18, 2011
Nebraska's 'Death' Tax, McCook Gazette, June 3, 2011
Subsidizing Gambling in Nebraska, Midland News, June 1, 2011
What Others are Saying, Alliance Times-Herald, May 9, 2011
Reducing Recidivism Saves Money on Prisons, Grand Island Independent, May 8, 2011
Prison Efforts Reducing Rate of Repeaters, Columbus Telegram, May 1, 2011
Low Recidivism Equals Tax Savings, Sioux City Journal, April 30, 2011
Half-Measure Reform Won't Solve CIR Issue, North Platte Telegraph, April 27, 2011
Saving Money on Prisons, Lincoln Journal Star, April 27, 2011
Wage freeze in CIR bill called way to force unions to table, Omaha World Herald, April 22, 2011
Explore CIR Alternatives among broad labor debate, Omaha World Herald, April 22, 2011
Speaker says exchanges to be a challenge, Omaha World Herald, April 21, 2011
What Other Papers Are Saying, Imperial Republican, April 14, 2011
No verdict yet on labor court Omaha World Herald, April 14, 2011
Input sought on CIR reform, Lincoln Journal Star, April 13, 2011
CIR bill faces growing criticism, Columbus Telegram, April 13, 2011
Emotions run high over CIR, Norfolk Daily News, April 13, 2011
Platte Institute: CIR bill "Neither significant nor meaningful" reform, Winterized Blog, April 12, 2011
Critics: Proposed changes to Nebraska labor relations commission fail to reduce spending,AP, April 12, 2011
Group: Bill on labor relations falls short, Omaha World Herald, April 12, 2011
Report calls CIR "An antiquated relic," Norfolk Daily News, April 12, 2011
Labor commission proposal draws fire, Alliance Times Herald, April 12, 2011
Labor Bill In Legislature Blasted, WOWT, April 12, 2011
Nebraska Editorial Roundup, Holdrege Citizen, April 7, 2011
Hard line and soft line, Omaha World Herald, April 5, 2011
CIR reform being skewered in Legislature, Grand Island Independent, April 3, 2011
Local View: Taxpayers deserve complete disclosure on spending, Lincoln Journal Star, April 2, 2011
User taxes look good, on paper anyway, Omaha World Herald, March 25, 2011
Group wants more detail on local, school spending, Omaha World Herald, March 25, 2011
Report: We need more spending info, Omaha.Com, March 23, 2011
Save money on corrections, Lincoln Journal Star, March 21, 2011
Education spending hikes don't yield results, Kearny Hub, March 17, 2011
State is on the right path, Omaha World Herald, March 13, 2011
Legislature to take votes on budget-cutting measures, North Platte Telegraph, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011
Some budget proposals already axed, Norfolk Daily News, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011
Many ‘Draconian' budget cuts left at starting gate, Omaha World-Herald, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 
Debate Over Cellphone Taxes, WOWT - Omaha, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011
Climate change regulation will slow economic growth, Chadron Record, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 
Report: Cap-trade would have upped electricity costs, slowed economy, Kearney Hub, Jan 5,2011 
'Greener' efforts may mean high electric bill, Norfolk Daily News, Jan. 5, 2011 
Report projects costs of cap and trade proposal, Omaha World-Herald, Jan. 5, 2011 

2010

Omaha World-Herald - Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 
Lincoln Business Journal - Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010
Norfolk Daily News - Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010
Grant Tribune-Sentinel - Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010
Cedar County News - Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010; West Point News - Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010
Hastings Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010; Elgin Review - Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
Grand Island Independent - Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010