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EXCLUSIVE: How Nebraska Has the Lowest Unemployment Rate in the Nation: Gov. Pete Ricketts

EXCLUSIVE: How Nebraska Has the Lowest Unemployment Rate in the Nation: Gov. Pete Ricketts
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts in June 2021. Petr Svab/The Epoch Times
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Last month, Nebraska reported a new record-low unemployment rate in December, 1.7 percent, the lowest in the nation since data collection began in 1976. In an exclusive interview with NTD, Governor Pete Ricketts explained how Nebraska made it possible.
“It’s because we have a pro-business state here,” Ricketts told “NTD Business” in an interview broadcast on Feb. 11. “We understand that we have to create the rules and regulations that allow businesses to succeed, so they create opportunities for Nebraska families.