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The absurdity of it all would be comical if the consequences were not so extraordinarily dire. One man is dead, shot to death by officers at a roadblock. Father and […]
A few things to cogitate before going to the presidential caucuses
In a matter of days Nevada Democrats and Republicans will be asked to lend their support to one of their parties’ candidates in the state’s first-in-the-West caucuses. The decisions will […]
Governor offering a way to save sage grouse and mining
Gov. Brian Sandoval is imploring the Interior Department to accept a state-created alternative to its proposed draconian plan to remove millions of acres of federal public land from productive use […]
Where the presidential candidates stand on public land issues
With the Nevada presidential caucuses just weeks away we are offering readers a glimpse into the stances of the candidates on a key issue — federal public lands control. For […]
Five years later, owners of church retreat still await justice
While media attention has been focused on a brace of Bunkerville Bundy brothers bunking with some buddies bearing arms in federal buildings in a wildlife refuge near Burns, Ore., in […]
Education savings accounts law still lies in legal limbo
On New Year’s Day Nevada’s Senate Bill 302 — creating education savings accounts (ESAs) available to parents who pull their children out of public school and enroll them in private […]
Courts should let the voters decide on commerce tax — again
In 2014 the voters of Nevada rejected by a 4-to-1 margin a tax on company revenues being pushed by the state teachers’ union. Instead, the 2015 Legislature adopted a smaller […]
Nevada is killing jobs it spent tax money to attract
Sometimes the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Two years ago the Governor’s Office of Economic Development doled out $1.2 million to entice rooftop solar panel […]
Congress must address Western issues it has ignored
In a few days Nevada’s Washington delegation will return to the swamp on the Potomac to face a number of major issues for the state and the West that failed […]
State and counties should continue federal land use litigation
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s negotiations with the Interior Department’s Secretary Sally Jewell reached some compromises that provide some relief from the draconian land use plans the department promulgated after deciding the […]