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Just days before Christmas, Congress played Santa Claus, doling out billions in pork to those who have been nice to them and sending the bill to our grandchildren. Talk about taxation without representation. The two spending bills totaling $1.4 trillion and covering more than 2,300 pages were debated for just 90 minutes in the Senate […]
Congress Continues its Spending Spree
State Should Not Play Favorites with Tax Breaks
Nevada’s Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has doled out billions of dollars worth of tax breaks to select companies over the past decade in order to entice them to make capital investments and create jobs, yet the state is one of 17 that has failed to create a systematic program for evaluating the effectiveness […]
News Briefs
Nevada Closes Pot Test Lab, Issues Cannabis Product Warning LAS VEGAS — Nevada state officials have closed a marijuana testing laboratory and issued a public health warning about tainted strains of cannabis products sold at retail and medical dispensaries in the Las Vegas area, Mesquite and Carson City. The state Department of Taxation said in […]
Thanks to Trump, There is Still No Recession in Sight for Nevada
By Andy Matthews Despite the ongoing Democrat campaign to spread pessimism about our prosperous future, the Silver State continues to thrive under Donald Trump. According to a recent report from the state’s Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation, Nevada’s jobless rate in October was almost a half percentage point lower than it was in the same month […]
Nevada Approves $300,000 in Rural Tourism Promotion Grants
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Commission on Tourism has approved more than $300,000 for grants to promote tourism in the state’s rural areas. The projects range include an outdoor sculpture park near Beatty, a train and bike trail in Ely and television ads to promote Nevada’s Cowboy Country along the Interstate 80 corridor. The $301,575 […]
Backers Offer Amendments to Nevada Redistricting Measure
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Advocates for creating a non-partisan commission to redraw Nevada voting districts instead of the Legislature are offering to amend a proposed statewide ballot initiative to appease a North Las Vegas pastor who has sued to block it. Fair Maps Nevada PAC, backed by the League of Women […]
Mine’s Mantra is Safety First
The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, issued the Record of Decision for GRP Gold Rock, LLC’s Gold Rock Mine Project in rural eastern Nevada in September of last year. The decision authorized the mining operator to re-open and expand the existing Easy Junior Mine. The Gold Rock Mine Project’s construction and operation of the […]
Is This You: Calendar Girl
There are months during the year when I notice it is already the eighth before I turn the page on one of my calendars. Other times I turn it before the month ends. It depends on how the month, week or even the day is going. Some months just need to be shortened and I […]
Vandal Basketball Teams Return to Action Next Week
It’s the holiday season, school is out and the Eureka basketball teams, both are off for Christmas, but only till then. The Vandal teams, boys and girls host Pahranagat Valley Dec. 28. The Eureka boys come in with a mark of 3-4, in a bit of a slump right now having lost their last four […]
Eureka Wrestlers Hit the Mat at Lovelock Tournament
Just prior to the Christmas break, the Vandals wrestling team under coach Jeremy Auch participated in the Cody Louk Invitational Tournament in Lovelock Dec. 20-21. None of the Vandals won a medal, but they did earn 44 points for 16th place among the 26-teams entered, but James Filippini (138) and Preston Hubbard (170) both took […]