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The conservative/libertarian Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) recently published its biennial report card on our state’s legislative session, but, rather than just rate lawmakers on how they voted, this year […]
Opinion
Trump Appeals Court Nominee Looks Right for the Job
This past Friday President Trump nominated former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke to a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases for nine Western states […]
Denial of Second Amendment Rights Warrants a Jury Trial
Earlier this month, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled a person charged with misdemeanor domestic battery is entitled to a trial by jury, because the state Legislature in 2017 enacted a […]
Clarification
A recent editorial stated that Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office argued against allowing a jury trial in misdemeanor domestic violence cases. The office was not actively involved in the […]
EPA Repeals Obama-Era Land Use Restrictions
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the repeal of yet another Obama-era regulatory overreach, specifically rules that defined every stream, ditch, seasonal puddle and muddy hoof print as […]
Wild Horse Overpopulation is Dire
We’ve known for years that the wild horse and burro population growth on public land in the West is not sustainable, but little is being done about it. A recent […]
Gov. Sisolak Opposes Tighter Food Stamp Rules
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has joined 16 other Democratic governors to pen a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue demanding that a proposed change in the rules for food stamp […]
Senators Say Asylum Seekers Should be Allowed in
And you thought the people you elected to represent you in Washington would, you know, represent you, the Nevada taxpayer. Instead, Nevada’s senior Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has chosen […]
Water Agency Should not Skirt Law and Courts
Clark County has sent to Congress a bill draft proposing that more than 50,000 acres of federal public land in the Las Vegas Valley be opened for private development, but […]
Nevada Should not Copy California Gun Law
California lawmakers invited Nevada lawmakers to talk about coordinating gun control legislation, but thankfully our legislators declined the invitation. Members of the California Legislature’s Gun Violence Prevention Working Group sent […]