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 […]
Opinion
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 […]
Is this You? Flashlight, Meet Battery
I hope you live someplace where the power never goes out. I hope if you do live somewhere where when the power occasionally goes out you get your water from […]
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. […]
Is this You? Signals in Signs
This was funny. I stopped at a little gas station in Austin, Nevada to buy some gum because Highway 50 between Austin and Fallon, Nevada is long. A zillion miles […]
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 […]
Is this You? Bang! Brown to Green
Waiting is an art form. Waiting can be torture or treasure. The optimist in me treasures waiting knowing that at the end of the wait I will be rewarded with […]
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 […]
