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In his latest book, “The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Senseless Bureaucracy,” Philip K. Howard writes about how American lawmakers have abandoned all pretext of common […]
Finally, some common sense compromise from the BLM on grazing
Sometimes you just have to call their bluff. The Bureau of Land Management had for two years denied permission for Badger Ranch owners Dan and Eddyann Filippini to graze cattle […]
2015 Nevada Legislature was all take and no give
The expectations for the 2015 session of the Nevada Legislature were exceedingly low, but, by jove, they spectacularly exceeded the lowest expectations and gave a new definition of the word […]
Education savings accounts will be a boon to education
One of the few things of value to be ground up and spat out by our Nevada legislative sausage factory this year was the education saving accounts (ESA) law created […]
Nevada delegation must help pass legislation of curb EPA water grab
This past week the Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rule to “clarify” what waters of the U.S. are covered by the Clean Water Act of 1972, which originally was […]
Ruling is another push to appoint judges instead of electing them
No doubt about it, the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows Florida to bar judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign funding is not just a blow to free speech, […]
Lawmakers should not opt for presidential primaries instead of caucuses
Here we go again. Teeth are being gnashed. Hands are being wrung. People are whining about how unseemly, uncouth and unAmerican the very thought of a presidential caucus is compared […]
Taxpayers, ratepayers foot renewable energy bill coming and going
Have you ever watched pigs nudging each other out of the way attempting to see which one can get its snout deepest into the slop trough? We are seeing a […]
Proposed law takes the slap out Nevada’s anti-SLAPP law
Slinking quietly through the Nevada Legislature is a bill that would gut the state’s strong anti-SLAPP law that was once called the gold standard of such laws. SLAPP stands for […]
If lawmakers can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen
Lawmakers in Carson City are attempting to play Pontius Pilate and wash their hands of one of their responsibilities. Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10 proposes to revise the Nevada Constitution […]