Fiscal
Reluctance to tax? Where?
Nevada’s tax burden ranks in the top half of states
Contrary to what William Epstein and William Thompson of UNLV assert in their May 2 Las Vegas Review-Journal opinion column, there is no shortage of tax revenue in the Silver State.
A how-to guide for budget reform: Part III
Implementing the change
How Nevada can implement the Budgeting for Outcomes process.
What pensions ‘cost’ and what they really cost
PERS is dramatically understating its liabilities
The Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System is in bigger trouble than it wants to admit.
Band-aids don’t fix broken bones
Special session’s budget issues will resonate in 2011
Nevada's recent special session was full of temporary fixes, so the state's budget issues will dominate the 2011 session.
Let the cost-shifting begin!
Health care ‘reform’ bill is all about concealing costs
An administration that campaigned on "transparency" has pushed through Congress one of the most fiscally opaque and deceptive bills in the nation's history.
Optimism not productive in accounting
PERS’ generous accounting assumptions could spell trouble
Nevada's PERS liability is likely much higher than $9.1 billion.
What could have been
What if Nevada had shown some restraint in education spending?
Incremental tax increases and "broader" taxes over the years paid for a hyperinflation in public education spending, but to what end? Educational achievement is not better. In some ways, it's actually worse.
Could PERS be a silver bullet?
Meaningful reform could help avert fiscal crisis
Nevada needs a defined-contribution pension system.
State Board of Equalization adopts controversial property-tax regulation
Critics call new rule unconstitutional and expensive
A new rule adopted by the state Board of Equalization — aimed at ensuring fairness and equitability in property-tax assessment — is rife with flaws, critics say.
Rhetoric versus reality
On education spending, they’re telling you more is less
The K-12 education establishment is trying to pretend that a $200 million funding increase is a devastating cut.
