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Seeing Nebraska From a New Perspective
31 Jan 2022
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Pop quiz: Name the U.S. state that posted a GDP growth rate of 11.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020, the strongest jobs recovery in the nation since March 2020, and the second highest labor force participation rate (68.4%) in 2021.
Was Nebraska your first guess? If not, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts would like to set the record straight and change your perception. Since taking office in January 2015 as the state’s 40th governor, Ricketts has made improving the Nebraska business climate one of his top priorities.
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Labor force participation rates drop when fewer people of working age are either employed or actively looking for work. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percentage of working-age people between 25 and 54 years old peaked in 1995 at 72 percent, and it has been on a...
BEATRICE – A local economic development organization has received some recognition for its newly-redesigned website.
Gage Area Growth Enterprise, known as NGage, recently began using a redesigned website to describe the area in its efforts to recruit business.
"We've been going through that update with the content, but...
Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that Nebraska’s unemployment rate has dropped to 1.7% for December 2021. That’s a decrease from the state’s rate of 1.8% for November 2021. Nebraska’s current unemployment rate is the lowest ever recorded in the United States.
“Our strong growth is creating...
