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Apparently the unexpected acquittal in Oregon — on charges of illegally occupying a wildlife refuge to protest the jailing of father and son ranchers over fires that got out of […]
Think Tank Slams Governor’s Fiscal Policies
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Not just fallen, but precipitously fallen. Every two years the Cato Institute releases its “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors” — grading each […]
Nevada Taking Lead in Challenging New Overtime Rule
New labor rules being arbitrarily foisted on the private and public sectors by the Obama administration in his final year in office will cost the economy $80 billion — nearly […]
Education Savings Accounts Not Yet Saved
Though the Nevada Supreme Court this past week jettisoned most of the arguments that somehow the state’s education savings account (ESA) law is unconstitutional, it still barred enforcement of the […]
Lawmakers Should Punt on Stadium Funding Plan
Gov. Brian Sandoval is calling the Legislature into special session in October to consider raising the room tax on Las Vegas tourists by almost 1 percentage point to put $750 […]
Nevada Attorney General Hits the Road to Listen to Constituents
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has been taking a page from his grandfather’s playbook in recent weeks touring various communities in the state with some of his staff and conducting […]
Fight to Replace Reid in Senate Becoming a Proxy War
Be careful with whom you pick a fight. They might fight back with some heavy artillery. For years Harry Reid has been obsessively ranting and mewling about the wealthy Koch […]
BLM Sage Grouse Guidelines will Bury Land Users in Paperwork
The Bureau of Land Management this past week issued eight guideline memos instructing federal land managers in 11 Western states as to how they are to carry out policies intended […]
Nevada High School Grads Scored Worst in Nation on ACT Test
This past week the administrators of the ACT test confirmed what we suspected a month ago when preliminary data were released, Nevada high school students are dead last in the […]
Western Officials Fear New EPA Rules Could Cripple Mining Operations
There is growing fear among officials across the West that in the waning days of the Obama administration his Environmental Protection Agency may enact regulations that could cost the hard […]