Budget
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.
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 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.
Unions prevail, while most Nevadans struggle
Prevailing wage laws cost taxpayers billions
Nevada's prevailing wage law is costing taxpayers billions.
A silver lining among the storm clouds
Recession drives better state budgeting practices
One bright spot in Nevada's current recession is that the state is adopting better budgeting practices.
Diversification’s unhappy history: Part V
Some of the state’s most powerful interests have long fought broadening Nevada’s job base
It's not just the gaming industry — many of the states most powerful special interests have long fought policies that would have encouraged the expanding of Nevada's job base.
County commission’s control identified as major source of UMC problems
For decades, political management of county hospital has produced corruption, scandals and deficits
For decades, political management of the county hospital has led to scandals and deficits.
Diversification’s unhappy history: Part IV
Some of the state’s most powerful interests have long fought broadening Nevada’s job base
An economic analysis from the CED has discredited the two main arguments the Nevada Resort Association has used and continues to use in support of a broad-based business tax.
