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Frustrated with the inability of federal land managers to control wild horse overpopulation, this past week Gov. Brian Sandoval put out a press release saying he plans to pursue legal action to force the federal […]
Opinion
Bundy and his followers should get a speedy, public trial
Rancher Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and their 16 co-defendants in the April 2014 armed standoff with federal agents trying to round-up Bundy’s cattle should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, […]
A little GOP schooling: Do the math, read the history
Donald Trump keeps throwing temper tantrums like a spoiled school boy, complaining the system is rigged and crooked and he is being robbed of votes. “You’re going to have a very, very angry and […]
Nevada water law needs to be more flexible
Nevada is the driest state in the union and lawmakers are grappling with how water law in the state could be changed to cope with that fact. The Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Water […]
Let the political parties choose their candidates without the state’s interference
A change in election law in the 2015 Legislature has some claiming they are being disenfranchised. Previously, when the state-run Democratic and Republican primaries resulted in only one of the two major parties having contested […]
Federal judge should disarm the Grouseketeers
In order to meet a judicially imposed deadline, in September Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declared that the greater sage grouse — whose habitat stretches across 23 million acres in 11 Western states, including much of […]
Window on government employee pensions is eye-opening
The Nevada Policy Research Institute has updated its popular transparentnevada.com website, which reports the names and salaries of state and local government employees, with 2015 data. While the salary data is significant information […]
The two faces of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy
Not since Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shared the same body has one man been seen in such startlingly contrasting lights. That man is Cliven Bundy, the Bunkerville rancher whose armed supporters two years […]
There are consequences to practicing civil disobedience
Have you ever contemplated the prospects of living a simpler, more self-sufficient, unencumbered life? Perhaps on a few acres of land with the nearest neighbor over the horizon, down a dirt road? You could graze a […]
Obama has the nerve to lecture journalists on how to do their jobs
President Obama lecturing journalists on how to do their jobs is like Goldfinger lecturing James Bond. This past week Obama presented a journalism award along with a 30-minute speech at the Newhouse School of Public […]