Law
Clark County caught up in property-tax mess
Assessor Schofield using unapproved valuation methods
The Clark County Assessor may have improperly evaluated hundreds of thousands of parcels.
Board of Equalization reschedules hearing
Session expected to shed light on assessment methods
A hearing to discuss property appraisal methodologies has been delayed until early 2010.
County assessors fight state request to appear
State Board of Equalization members discuss subpoenas
Assessors are refusing to answer questions about whether property within each county is fairly and equally taxed.
The birth of a rebellion
Why Nevada’s property-tax system may soon crumble
A Washoe County property-tax revolt that threatens to implode Nevada's entire property-tax system began with a single phone call.
‘Desk-men for the bureaucracy’
CCSD trustees seek to make ignoring the public official board policy
Clark County School District trustees are considering prohibiting certain public speech and removing trustees' ability to respond to many public speakers.
The right to keep and bear arms in Nevada: Part II
The state’s unconstitutional gun laws
The record suggests Nevada has a working majority in its legislature covertly scornful of your right to keep and bear arms.
Stage set for property tax showdown
Washoe County controversy only 'tip of the iceberg'
The seven-year, no-holds-barred, legal battle between Washoe County and Incline Village property owners will reach a crucial turning point Tuesday.
Axing the public’s lawyer
Assembly Speaker behind freeze on child welfare dollars
Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley worked energetically in both the 2007 and 2009 Legislatures to kill the ability of the Clark County District Attorney to represent the public interest when children are being abused, a review of legislative minutes reveals.
Playing with the PERS
Lawmakers should not seek to influence investment decisions
Constitutional provisions prohibit the Nevada Legislature from dictating how money in the Public Employees' Retirement System is invested. However, in the final days of the recent legislative session, state lawmakers passed a law attempting to do exactly that.
Why does healthcare even exist?
For too long, we’ve been asking the wrong question
In the ongoing healthcare debate, people often ask: Why isn't healthcare affordable and accessible to all? This is the wrong question to ask. It assumes that a hidden supply of healthcare exists somewhere, and that if the government (or someone) could just find it or stop the wealthy from hoarding it, healthcare would be as free and accessible as sunshine. A better question is: Why does healthcare exist at all?
