Fiscal
The end-game, Part I
Lawmakers spar over taxes once again
As the legislative session winds down, lawmakers are sparring over taxes once again.
Clark County school board faces capital budget shortfall, spends reserves anyway
Rush to approve new projects suggests fiscal irresponsibility
The Clark County school board's rush to approve new projects suggests fiscal irresponsibility.
The lawmakers vs. the law: Part IV
Nevada’s local government agencies hire state lawmakers so both can collude against taxpayers
Local governments in Nevada hire state lawmakers, explicitly because they are lawmakers, which allows both to collude against taxpayers.
The Impact of Obamacare on Nevada’s Medicaid Spending
Federal mandates will cost Nevada $5.4 billion in the next decade
Nevada will have to spend an additional $5.4 billion over the next decade to fund the forced expansion of Medicaid required by Obamacare.
Disastrous taxes dressed up with empty rhetoric
Legislative Democrats want to increase state taxes by $1.2 billion
Legislative Democrats want to pass the largest tax increase — $1.2 billion — in Nevada's history.
The lawmakers vs. the law, Part III
Nevada’s tolerance for lawmaker-bureaucrats breeds state corruption
Nevada's tolerance for lawmaker-bureaucrats breeds corruption in the Silver State.
Responsible budgeting
Any excess state cash should be used to avoid state debt
Any additional funding projected by Nevada's Economic Forum should be used to avoid General Fund debt.
The lawmakers vs. the law: Part II
The sounds of silence
Lawmakers' silence on recent corruption scandals — as they attempt to outlaw "adverse" employer responses to political office-seeking activities by Nevada government employees — is deafening.
The bipartisan sabotage of free enterprise
Proposal would supplant private entrepreneurs with government bureaucrats
Proposal would allow government bureaucrats, not private entrepreneurs, to choose winners and losers in the marketplace.
Hidden Obamacare provision routed money to insider unions, governments, businesses
House committee questions ‘wholesale waste’ of tax money
A House committee is questioning the 'wholesale waste' of tax dollars.
