An unprecedented collaboration between various government agencies, animal welfare groups and ranchers has created a plan aimed at finally bringing the wild horse and burro population on the Western range […]
National Popular Vote would make Nevada voters irrelevant
The Nevada Assembly voted 23-17 this past week to cut the impact of your presidential vote by at least a third. Assembly Bill 186 would have Nevada join something called […]
Minimum wage hike will increase prices and crime
Despite all the evidence that it will do more harm than good, a bill to raise the minimum wage in Nevada is still wending its way through the halls of […]
Unionization of state public workers would fleece taxpayers
Unfortunately a Democratic proposal to allow state public employees to collectively bargain for wages and benefits, Senate Bill 135, survived this past week, passing out of a state Senate committee […]
An aspect of the Equality Act would erase social norms
The Equality Act admirably sets out to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include “sexual orientation and gender identity” as protected from discrimination in public accommodations and employment. […]
Bill would water down public school accountability
If your job is to make widgets, your supervisor will evaluate your job performance principally on how well you make widgets and how many. But if you are a Nevada […]
Bill would curb policing for profit
A bill being considered by lawmakers in Carson City would end the current practice by law enforcement of seizing property suspected of being used in a crime by using civil […]
Just say no to annual legislative sessions
Democrats in Carson City are beating this dead donkey again. Ten of the 13 state Senate Democrats are pushing for annual legislative sessions instead of sessions every other year. Senate […]
Don’t allow police to scan cellphones after wrecks
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but […]
Bill would strengthen public records law
It is time to put some teeth into Nevada’s public records law. Even though state law requires that all public records and books, except those specifically exempted as confidential by […]
