Budget
Oscar Goodman, former Las Vegas mayor and mob lawyer, calls critics of Mob Museum "monkeys"
Taxpayers foot the bill for a $42 million Las Vegas museum dedicated to organized crime.
Governments paying union employees millions a year to perform union work
Clark County taxpayers pick up tab for tens of thousands of hours of paid union-leave time
Tens of thousands of hours of paid union-leave time is being picked up by Clark County taxpayers.
Texas margin tax: Always a bad idea
Margin tax is more destructive than alternatives
Why the margin tax is more destructive than the alternatives.
The federal budget is always balanced
It's by destroying your savings that the federal government finances its wanton spending
Wanton spending by the federal government is destroying your savings.
Who are ‘John Does 1-10’ in monorail-bond lawsuit?
Mutual fund group looks to hold them financially responsible for securities fraud
Lord Abbett looks to hold unknown parties responsible for securities fraud.
Hiding behind opaque numbers
Nevada PERS accounting practices are concealing taxpayers’ real liabilities
Nevada PERS accounting practices are concealing taxpayers' real liabilities in the public pension system.
Brookings study waves the flag for crony capitalism
Report urges corporatism and further politicization for Nevada's economy
The "Unify, Reorganize, Diversify" report urges corporatism and further politicization for Nevada's economy.
Nevada is not a low-tax state
Popular narrative conceals impact of high local taxes
High local taxes offset the benefit of lower state taxes.
Reforming Nevada's Public Employees Pension Plan
The true funding health of Nevada PERS is far poorer than most realize. Using fair-market valuation, PERS' funding ratio falls from 70 percent to around 34 percent and its unfunded liabilities would rise from about $10 billion to almost $41 billion.
Taxpayers on the hook for court-ordered redistricting masters’ pay
As public, litigators argue over Voting Rights Act meaning, district court will determine how big taxpayers’ bill will be
As public, lawyers debate the requirements of the Voting Rights Act, district court will decide how big the taxpayers' bill will be.
