Illegal immigration is one of the most controversial topics of this overheated election season. Suggestions to curb illegal immigration by building a wall or increasing enforcement of existing laws are […]
Opinion
Advocate for West Appointed Acting Head of BLM
The self-styled cactus hugging collectivists are aghast. This past week Interior Secretary David Bernhardt named William Perry Pendley of Wyoming acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, which controls […]
Nevada Senators Back Amendment Abridging Free Speech
This past week every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate — including Nevada Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen — signed on as sponsors of a proposed constitutional […]
Nevadans Need Relief from Rx Greed
By Maria MooreAARP Nevada State Director For decades, Big Pharma has raised drug prices with impunity. Here in Nevada, the average annual cost of brand name prescription drug treatment increased […]
Costly Legal Fight Over Taxes was Unnecessary
It was a senseless and futile gesture, but our Democratic lawmakers and governor were just the ones to do it. Despite the fact Nevada voters in 1994 and 1996 amended […]
Nevada Should End Tax Breaks for the Select Few
For the past decade Nevada’s Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has doled out billions of dollars worth of tax breaks to select companies in order to entice them to […]
House $15 Minimum Wage Bill Would Kill Jobs
The House this past week passed a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and phase out the sub-minimum wage currently allowed for […]
Moving BLM HQ Out West is a Welcome Change
The Interior Department this past week announced that it is moving the headquarters of its Bureau of Land Management (BLM) division out of Washington, D.C., and west to Grand Junction, […]
A Maternal Health Crisis in Our Rural Communities
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto America is the only developed country in the world where maternal mortality has increased in recent decades. Almost two American women die each day from […]
Former Senator Discovers National Debt
Now safely ensconced in retirement for two years, former Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has suddenly discovered the country is spending more money than it reaps in taxes, driving up […]
