Is less more for rural Nebraska’s counties?
The Platte Institute for Economic Research, a conservative Omaha thinktank, commissioned a study (very large PDF) by two UNK professors released this week proposing that Nebraska consolidate its 93 counties into 28. The Omaha World-Herald has an interesting story on the plan, along with a map of what county would go where. The study doesn’t analyze [...]
Mark Coddington is The Independent's Regional Beat reporter covering a large area of Central Nebraska.