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A Carson City judge this past week ordered a Virginia-based conservative group to pay a fine of $109,560, plus interest, plus attorney fees for violating a Nevada law that requires […]
How state education margins tax would work
The November 2014 mid-term election is still a year away, but the campaigning over a key ballot question should be starting in earnest soon. The Nevada State Education Association managed […]
Protecting sage grouse: science or advocacy
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are pliable. In April 2012 Gov. Brian Sandoval set up a sage grouse advisory committee. Governors before him had done likewise. This past session the […]
Renewable energy bill costlier than expected
When the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 123, everyone was so thrilled about shutting down all those dirty coal-fired power plants and building millions of dollars worth of bright new […]
When you subsidize something it costs more
When the state Division of Insurance (DOI) a month ago released preliminary cost figures for health insurance plans participating in the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (SSHIX) under ObamaCare, it […]
Disclaimer clause reduces Nevada authority
When Nevada became a state in 1864, its new Constitution contained a so-called Disclaimer Clause, just like every other new state being admitted, in which the residents of the territory […]
Don’t pave paradise for a solar array
At one point in the film an exasperated woman explains, “Ruining things to go ‘green’ is an oxymoron.” That is pretty much the theme of Robert Lundahl’s documentary film “Who […]
Drone company; the one that got away
Earlier this month, there was a big ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Las Vegas office of SolarCity — a company that installs rooftop solar panels at homes, businesses and […]
Back home in Nevada, Reid speaks conservatively
People have long noticed that Nevada’s senior senator talks more conservatively while home than he does inside the Beltway. Harry Reid has now dropped all pretext. While on public radio […]
Third amendment dead with other nine
I’ve long observed that every single one of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights has at one time been ignored, abused or trammeled — except the Third, which […]